https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/07/toddlers-and-robots/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/07/toddlers-and-robots/#comment-348 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:20:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/07/toddlers-and-robots/#comment-348 Hopefully, if the robot did that, the toddlers would quietly take it out into the back alley and stomp it to death.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/07/toddlers-and-robots/#comment-347 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:09:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/07/toddlers-and-robots/#comment-347 Seems to me like they’re treating the robot no differently than a doll. I’ve seen kids talking to stuffed toys, laying them down to sleep, having tea parties with them… that does that mean that this robot did anything special in getting the children to “imagine” that it was another toddler. Now, if the robot where as smart as a toddler and could interact properly, behaving less like a doll… then the kids might actually think of it as another student.

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