If You Want a Robot to Learn Better, Be a Jerk to It

WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More

• Episode: If You Want a Robot to Learn Better, Be a Jerk to It
• Website: WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More
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• Duration: 00:04:20
• Published: 2019-11-07 13:12

In what will go down as one of the greatest robotics experiments ever, a few years back researchers in Japan let a robot loose in a mall and watched how kids reacted. Far from the sense of wonder you might expect from children, the mood soured into a sense of concern for the next generation, as the kids proceeded to kick and punch the robot and call it names. Call it unconstructive criticism.