Artificial intelligence (AI) is already used in many fields to make people’s work easier, for instance in production and decision-making. But in the future, AI may also be used to care for people – and here it may be robots doing
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already used in many fields to make people’s work easier, for instance in production and decision-making. But in the future, AI may also be used to care for people – and here it may be robots doing the work. Two researchers at Linköping University are to lead a project investigating trust, empathy and accountability in the relationship between humans and robots.
A robot can be everything from a “box” that executes a task in a factory to a human-like android. There are fluffy robot seals, robots that look at you with big, begging, Walt-Disney eyes, and doll heads with animated faces.
Some of these may become a feature in Swedish elderly care, in schools and in job interviews. But if we are going to hand over the care of our children and parents to robots, we have to trust them.
Ericka Johnson Photo credit Charlotte Perhammar“In an encounter between a human and a robot, it’s interesting to look at the emotions that arise. 