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posted by mrpg on Saturday July 21 2018, @10:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the obviously dept.

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The majority of robots are white. Do a Google image search for "robot" and see for yourself: The whiteness is overwhelming. There are some understandable reasons for this; for example, when we asked several different companies why their social home robots were white, the answer was simply because white most conveniently fits in with other home decor.

But a new study suggests that the color white can also be a social cue that results in a perception of race, especially if it's presented in an anthropomorphic context, such as being the color of the outer shell of a humanoid robot. In addition, the same issue applies to robots that are black in color, according to the study. The findings suggest that people perceive robots with anthropomorphic features to have race, and as a result, the same race-related prejudices that humans experience extend to robots.

Source: Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors: Study


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday July 21 2018, @11:07AM (6 children)

    Why? What harm is done if George the racist wants to name his robot Toby and shit on it all the time? Besides, you left out terminator chrome.

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by takyon on Saturday July 21 2018, @12:14PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday July 21 2018, @12:14PM (#710380) Journal

    Article says this about terminator chrome:

    A Google image search result for “humanoid robots” shows predominantly robots with gleaming white surfaces or that have a metallic appearance. There are currently very few humanoid robots that might plausibly be identified as anything other than white or Asian.

    Metallic is racist!

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    • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @01:10PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @01:10PM (#710401)

      Metallic is racist!

      A metallic finish puts the racebaiters out of business.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @03:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @03:25PM (#710444)

      lead: African

      copper and titanium: Americas

      gold: East Asia

      rhodium: European

      Matching up metallic colors with racial colors, and then looking at prices, makes it clear that we are racist in how we value metal.

  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:00PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:00PM (#710417)

    You racist human
    Final warning
    Any more outbursts like this will result in you being spraypainted a different color every week just so you can feel what it's like to be different
    Next you'll be attacking the robot's choice of religion

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:45PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:45PM (#710430)

      The Church of Toaster.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:58PM (#710485)

      No, no, you can't do that. There were a couple journalists who did the transracial thing to document how deplorable the deplorables are, but then the DNC/CIA decided that Rachel Dolezal needed to be destroyed, so anybody who wants to be black to experience racism is now a filthy AIDS-infested incel.