AI anthropomorphism and human-machine intimacy draw scrutiny
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On October 10, 2026, TechCrunch reported that MIT CSAIL's Unitree humanoid robots, about $50,000 each, are prompting questions about human-machine interaction. MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues in her new book Artificial Intimacy that people are wired to anthropomorphize robots and large language models, the report says. It also notes that about 70% of people stay polite toward AI. From physical robots to language models, how people treat AI and whether they see it as having human traits is the question the report raises.
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- TechCrunch · AIWe can’t help treating AI like it’s human. But should we?
MIT CSAIL 的 Unitree 人形机器人（每台约 5 万美元）引发人们对人机互动的思考，MIT 教授 Sherry Turkle 在新书《Artificial Intimacy》中指出，人类天生倾向于把机器人和 LLM 拟人化，约 70% 的人对 AI 保持礼貌。
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