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Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots
PopSci ^ | 09.12.2013 at 3:05 pm | By Shaunacy Ferro

Posted on 09/16/2013 7:43:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 09/16/2013 7:43:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Dogsitting machines?


2 posted on 09/16/2013 7:44:46 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: BenLurkin

They’ll h... just about anything.


3 posted on 09/16/2013 7:44:49 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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“They were better at finding hidden food in the room when the social robot pointed to it, rather than the asocial one, though neither held a candle to the results when a human pointed to the food.”

Ultimately man is still dog’s best friend. The robots are being over hyped.


4 posted on 09/16/2013 7:46:12 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if cats react similarly, that would be an interesting study.


5 posted on 09/16/2013 7:46:12 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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It does arouse the curiosity.


6 posted on 09/16/2013 7:46:30 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Menehune56

If there’s food involved, the cat will be interested.


7 posted on 09/16/2013 7:48:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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It’s not nice to try to fool dogs....grrrrrr.


8 posted on 09/16/2013 8:02:33 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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Dog trickery ping!


9 posted on 09/16/2013 8:03:14 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: BenLurkin

less chance of fleas


10 posted on 09/16/2013 8:12:52 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
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To: BenLurkin

Well there goes the terminator detection system.


11 posted on 09/16/2013 8:15:01 AM PDT by discostu (This is why we have ants!)
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To: BenLurkin

I worked with actuaries. This is very believable.


12 posted on 09/16/2013 8:23:12 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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I’ve been reading a good book by Jean Donaldson called The Culture Clash. Really good. She says we really shouldn’t put human emotions on dogs. They are dogs. Love them for what they are, not what you wish they were. They are very selfish animals, which is fine. They will do anything for food.


13 posted on 09/16/2013 8:23:29 AM PDT by republicangel
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They’re not ‘socializing.’
Hype sells articles but does not promote truth.
The dog has learned that this dumb thing gives it food. It is not ‘socializing.’

Will we see robot dogsitters one day? Probably yes, but then what good is it to have a dog if you have a metal thing drag it out for a walk?

Living creatures interact with living creatures.

Please, let’s never ever have robot ‘babysitters.’


14 posted on 09/16/2013 8:25:54 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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And that’s why they cry when their owner goes away, mope, and refuse to eat.


15 posted on 09/16/2013 8:26:15 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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16 posted on 09/16/2013 8:42:40 AM PDT by Phillyred
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Well, duh, the robot knows where the food is.


17 posted on 09/16/2013 8:56:03 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: discostu
Well there goes the terminator detection system.

LOL! Good one.

18 posted on 09/16/2013 9:11:59 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
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They have personalities. They keep them neatly filed in a file cabinet.

/johnny

19 posted on 09/16/2013 9:19:52 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: muir_redwoods
I worked with actuaries. This is very believable.

Yep, they're a robotic lot, actuaries.

20 posted on 09/16/2013 9:21:45 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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