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Now this is just a little study, but it's part of a larger body of research
這只是一個小小的研究，但它是一個更大范圍研究的一部分，
that is starting to indicate that there may be a connection between people's tendencies for empathy and their behavior around robots.
這開始表明人們的同情心與他們對待機器人的行為可能存在某種聯系。
But my question for the coming era of human-robot interaction is not: "Do we empathize with robots?"
但我對即將到來的人機交互時代的問題并不是：“我們對機器人會產生同情心嗎？”
It's: "Can robots change people's empathy?"
而是：“機器人會改變人類的同情心嗎？”
Is there reason to, for example, prevent your child from kicking a robotic dog,
是不是存在這樣的原因，比如說，阻止你的孩子踢一只機器狗，
not just out of respect for property, but because the child might be more likely to kick a real dog?
不只是出于對財產的尊重，而是因為孩子更可能會去踢一只真的狗？
And again, it's not just kids. This is the violent video games question,
并且這不只適用于兒童。這是一個關于暴力游戲的問題，
but it's on a completely new level because of this visceral physicality that we respond more intensely to than to images on a screen.
但這個問題上升到了一個全新的水平，因為這種出于本能的物質性行為要比我們對屏幕上的圖像反應更強烈。
When we behave violently towards robots, specifically robots that are designed to mimic life,
當我們對機器人，對專門設計來模擬生命的機器人表現出暴力行徑時，
is that a healthy outlet for violent behavior or is that training our cruelty muscles?
這是暴力行為的健康疏導還是在培養我們實施殘忍行徑的力量？
We don't know ... But the answer to this question has the potential to impact human behavior,
我們還不知道...但這個問題的答案有可能影響人類行為，
it has the potential to impact social norms,
它有可能影響社會規范，
it has the potential to inspire rules around what we can and can't do with certain robots, similar to our animal cruelty laws.
可能會啟發我們制定對特定機器人能做什么和不能做什么的規則，就類似于我們的動物虐待法。
Because even if robots can't feel, our behavior towards them might matter for us.
因為即便機器人不能感知，我們對待它們的行為也可能對我們有著重要意義。
And regardless of whether we end up changing our rules, robots might be able to help us come to a new understanding of ourselves.
不管我們是否最終會改變我們的規則，機器人也許能幫助我們對自己有一個全新的認識。
Most of what I've learned over the past 10 years has not been about technology at all.
我在過去10年中學到的經驗大部分跟技術無關。
It's been about human psychology and empathy and how we relate to others.
而是關于人類心理學，同情心以及我們如何與他人相處。
Because when a child is kind to a Roomba, when a soldier tries to save a robot on the battlefield,
因為當一個兒童友好地對待Roomba時，當一個士兵試圖拯救戰場上的機器人時，
or when a group of people refuses to harm a robotic baby dinosaur, those robots aren't just motors and gears and algorithms.
或者當一組人拒絕傷害小恐龍機器人時，這些機器人就不只是馬達，齒輪和算法。
They're reflections of our own humanity. Thank you.
它們映射出了我們的人性。謝謝。
