Human-Robot Interactions: Will You Become BFFs with a Robot?
Computers will be at human levels, such as you can have a human relationship with them, 15 years from now. …When I say at human levels, I’m talking about emotional intelligence. The ability to tell a joke, to be funny, to be romantic, to be loving, to be sexy. That is the cutting edge of human intelligence.
—Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering at Google, inventor (inducted into the US National Inventers Hall of Fame) and technology author (Thompson 2014)
Chapter Overview
In this chapter, we explore a fundamental question: will humans ever form truly meaningful relationships with robots? Based on an exhaustive review of past research, we come to the conclusion that yes, ...
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