Innovation

Scientists Have a Plan to Make Humans Accept Robots: Give Them a Sense of Humor

ISN’T IT IRONIC?

It’s not enough for robots to be functional. Now they need a sense of humor.

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It was a Tuesday night at New York’s People’s Improv Theater, otherwise known as the PIT, the improv incubator that has launched comedians like Hannibal Buress and Kristen Schaal.

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