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Do robots suffer from sexism?
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New German study says even androids are not immune
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- Date Aug 10, 2012
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That's not good.
Why are we doing this story -- according to a new German study even a robot suffer from sexism.
Subjects were asked to look at two humanoid robots.
What was short hair and one with longer air and they consider their potential uses -- is that the more feminine looking robot was thought to be more appropriate per.
Household chores and child care well the male robot was -- more suitable for fixing things in guarding.
House apply here it is the female robots that it was just her time with the mindset I knew -- sexist -- robot I'm.
I eight data -- I can do and then beyond condemnation.
Of diet and.
Are these assumptions wrong -- just -- out biologically in.
Part of who we are I don't know that their biological but there obviously cultural but I'm very curious how they gave a robot long hair.
I don't win easy but.
I don't think that is.
Billion -- what he's really Willie Dixon wigand's it's about as Michael.
You wouldn't give a robot -- -- what's the point.
Yeah I don't I don't think it's revolutionary that they -- -- about -- -- hair an associate that about being a female and that they sudden.
Broke up with short hair and thought it was a male I don't think it's revolutionary that they would associate those jobs at those second -- once put -- -- -- one of those high tech German vacuum cleaners.
Well I still call a robot.
Rob -- I don't see gender data around left and right when -- -- -- robot you can have certainly don't want album right well.
Why do we think marriage to go and -- gonna create is there room who have sex with from the only and -- -- -- Ron -- -- -- -- -- technologically.
Feelings rotten do we do does it matter that sexist towards a robot.
Now the doesn't matter we can punch a robot even -- that the Melamed a robot who the hell out of this is a noble -- can stop.
There's a Clinton forty years and out then you're gonna be seen as a -- -- Bob -- ever admitted the good -- apple you know.
I -- -- W robot.
Activists that are going to be calling -- to -- called this a rock small moment that there was an attitude doesn't it well this was what we're fighting against you don't you know -- The darkest town my jail getting to avoid sex is it should -- not designed robots with any gender care characteristics we got the problem.
Q because the ability to recognize sex is something he's really deeply and -- people biologically.
They show -- abstract -- people see it.
And they're the psychological experiments for the ship people photos of people who are sexually a target to what sex they are -- and it freaks people are even people who -- very you know tolerant attitudes about various kinds sexuality really really anxious McIntyre with someone sex can't -- yeah.
So they're gonna help you get -- more lifelike robots get the more your war.
Want to make -- we actually had evidently it was it didn't have a sense for them and we obviously we get its Iraq yeah that's kind of I don't I don't regulated but it does I think you're right -- it underlines the basic biological response.
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So I think it's -- That was one of us will -- -- what people let it turn out by cadillacs like Miami I don't remember that -- -- there's never thought executions there's an administrative point.
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