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Opinion: Editor's view - Technology can't replace human contactwhen it comes to childcare
Nursery World,
15 November 2007
Academics in California are very excited about the development of a robot that children treat more as a peer than a toy, saying that it could be a useful classroom aid and could teach adults how to interact with children (see News, page 6).
Personally, I find this example of 'progress' creepy rather than empowering. It may be interesting that a robot can be programmed to elicit social behaviour from a young child, but is this really a useful or desirable tool? Surely, we want children to learn to socialise with each other - with fellow unpredictable, but real human...
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