Would You Torture A Robot?
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Robots are just machines, right? Human cruelty to robots seems impossible, and yet in reality, it’s not so simple. As robots become more lifelike, the way people react to them starts to get...
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Presenters
Richard Fisher
Deputy Editor BBC Future
BBC.com
Richard Fisher is the deputy editor of BBC Future, a science, technology and health features website on BBC.com. Before then, he was a news and features editor at New Scientist magazine in London.