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Radio 4,1 min

Free hugs from a scary clown anyone?

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Ryan Calo, Professor of law at Washington university, explained the difference between the way robots with artificial intelligence, and humans think. Mr Calo uses the example that a robot would see the image of a clown offering free hugs as a positive friendly image, whereas people would be less enthusiastic about hugging the clown, because of the context attached to that situation.

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