The Case For Rude Robots
There’s been discussion on whether people should say please and thank you to their Alexa or Claude, but should Alexa, Claude, and their robot relatives always maintain their level of civility when responding back to us?
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Show Notes
There’s been discussion on whether people should say please and thank you to their Alexa or Claude, but should Alexa, Claude, and their robot relatives always maintain their level of civility when responding back to us? What is the point of (im)politeness in robotics? Linguist Derek Bousfield (expert on human politeness), computer scientist Blake Jackson (expert on user expectations of robots in terms of politeness), and psychologist Merel Keijsers (expert on robot bullying) discuss the pros and cons of robots that are able to be rude to humans.
Transcript
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- The morality of abusing a robot
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- People are losing loved ones to AI-fueled spiritual fantasies
- Tact in noncompliance