Heuristic thinking and altruism toward machines in people impacted by COVID-19

Summary: Autonomous machines are poised to become pervasive, but most treat machines differently: we are willing to violate social norms and less likely to display altruism toward machines. Here, we report an unexpected effect that those impacted by COVID-19—as measured by a post-traumatic stress di...

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Main Authors: Celso M. de Melo, Jonathan Gratch, Frank Krueger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221001966