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It's not just animals, humans will anthropomorphize even robots which we know for sure aren't conscious. I remember how, not that long ago Boston Dynamics poste
by davidiach 10y ago
It's not just animals, humans will anthropomorphize even robots which we know for sure aren't conscious. I remember how, not that long ago Boston Dynamics posted a video of a man kicking a robot dog and a lot of people were really unconformable seeing that.
- harryjo 10y agoNot just animals robots, humans will project emotions onto other humans. We see a photo of someone's face, or look at someone who isn't making any particular expression, and imagine an emotion based on transient artifacts captured at a single point in time. See also: "resting bitch face" and all the memes featuring baby's faces.
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- JumpCrisscross 10y ago> It's not just animals This is entertainingly illustrated with googly eyes [1]. Stick a pair of them on virtually any inanimate object and you'll find people naming it, addressing it and contemplating its existence. [1] http://factorydirectcraft.com/pimages/20120612115710-811278/25mm_googly_eyes.jpg http://factorydirectcraft.com/pimages/20120612115710-811278/...