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But my response to this robot was also interesting because I knew exactly how this machine worked,
但我對這個(gè)機(jī)器人的反應(yīng)也非常有趣，因?yàn)槲掖_切地知道這個(gè)機(jī)器工作的原理，
and yet I still felt compelled to be kind to it.
然而我仍然感到有必要對它仁慈些。
And that observation sparked a curiosity that I've spent the past decade pursuing.
這個(gè)觀察引起了好奇心，讓我花費(fèi)了長達(dá)10年的時(shí)間去追尋。
Why did I comfort this robot?
為什么我會(huì)去安慰這個(gè)機(jī)器人？
And one of the things I discovered was that my treatment of this machine was more than just an awkward moment in my living room,
我發(fā)現(xiàn)我對待這個(gè)機(jī)器人的方式不僅是我起居室里一個(gè)尷尬時(shí)刻，
that in a world where we're increasingly integrating robots into our lives,
在這個(gè)世界里，我們正越來越多地將機(jī)器人融入到我們生活中，
an instinct like that might actually have consequences, because the first thing that I discovered is that it's not just me.
像這樣的本能可能會(huì)產(chǎn)生一些后果，因?yàn)槲野l(fā)現(xiàn)的第一件事情是，這并非只是發(fā)生在我身上的個(gè)例。
In 2007, the Washington Post reported that the United States military was testing this robot that defused land mines.
2007年，《華盛頓郵報(bào)》報(bào)道稱，美國軍方正在測試拆除地雷的機(jī)器人。
And the way it worked was it was shaped like a stick insect and it would walk around a minefield on its legs,
它的形狀就像一只竹節(jié)蟲，用腿在雷區(qū)上行走，
and every time it stepped on a mine, one of the legs would blow up, and it would continue on the other legs to blow up more mines.
每次踩到地雷時(shí)，它的一條腿就會(huì)被炸掉，然后繼續(xù)用其他腿去引爆更多的地雷。
And the colonel who was in charge of this testing exercise ends up calling it off,
負(fù)責(zé)這次測試的上校后來取消了這個(gè)測試，
because, he says, it's too inhumane to watch this damaged robot drag itself along the minefield.
因?yàn)樗f，看著這個(gè)機(jī)器人拖著殘破的身軀在雷區(qū)掙扎行走，實(shí)在太不人道了。
Now, what would cause a hardened military officer and someone like myself to have this response to robots?
那么，是什么導(dǎo)致了一個(gè)強(qiáng)硬的軍官和像我這樣的人對機(jī)器人有這種反應(yīng)呢？
