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Why do we put faces on robots?

Why do we put faces on robots?

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Clark Boyd
Aug 11, 2019
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The common consensus is that we are hard-wired to look for faces. We can't resist being drawn to a face, when one shows up.

Sometimes, we even invent faces and think we can see them in objects - like this packet of beef that looks like Vladimir Putin.

New research suggests that we are instead socialised to put so much emphasis on faces.

Primates who were …

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