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November 6, 2024

Humans Feel Pity for Robots: Ethical Concerns Emerge from New Research

International Business Times
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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
Research by Marieke Wieringa at Radboud University indicates that humans can exhibit feelings of pity towards robots displaying distress signals, such as sad sounds or trembling movements. In experiments, participants showed reluctance to mistreat robots that appeared to experience pain, highlighting a disconnect between their understanding of robots as inanimate and their emotional responses. Wieringa’s study raises ethical concerns about the potential for companies to exploit this empathy, drawing parallels to the 1990s trend of Tamagotchis, and emphasizes the need for regulations to prevent harmful manipulation of vulnerable individuals by emotionally expressive robots.

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