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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 Whoever on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:41PM (2 children)

    by Whoever (4524) on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:41PM (#710500) Journal

    So that's why all computer cases are black with flashing blue LEDs.

    Are they? Or are you projecting?

    I just took a look around at the computers in my home office space. 3 have mostly black cases, and the remaining one is beige. What does that say?

    Have you recently taken a look at the (now increasingly rare) laptop of a teenager? It won't be white (or, it might have been originally, but it will be covered in stickers so that the white does not dominate any more.)

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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:47PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:47PM (#710506) Journal

    Well, I haven't checked recently, but I think it says you don't have and Apple computers around you.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday July 21 2018, @09:10PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday July 21 2018, @09:10PM (#710575) Journal

    I just took a look around at the computers in my home office space. 3 have mostly black cases, and the remaining one is beige. What does that say?

    That you like your computers like you like your men, mostly black with an occasional foray into the lighter side?

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