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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 Immerman on Sunday July 22 2018, @06:34AM

    by Immerman (3985) on Sunday July 22 2018, @06:34AM (#710682)

    Indeed - I don't know that I have any identified vision anomalies, but I have met a few people where the sensation of looking at a person-shaped hole in the world was a little unnerving. You're right there, I can see you okay, but my eye just wants to slide right off you. A particularly interesting visual conflict on a good-looking women that should otherwise be drawing your eye - a guest lecturer in an advanced calculus class I think that one was. She also had an impossibly deep resonance to her voice that set the windows to humming - made for one of the most surreal lectures I've ever experienced.

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