Recently published research assessed human trust when collaborating with eyed and non-eyed robots of the same type. The data suggest that humans might not need human-like machines to trust and work with them. Instead, they even seem to collaborate better with machine-like, eyeless machines.
That makes a sort of sense. Part of why we use eyes as a reference is that they give us information. If the eyes aren’t giving us information like with a robot they may be serving as a distraction or throw us off
That makes a sort of sense. Part of why we use eyes as a reference is that they give us information. If the eyes aren’t giving us information like with a robot they may be serving as a distraction or throw us off