Video: Why robots will never make decisions like humans

Mar 26, 2015

Bob Knight

Professor, University of California, Berkeley

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Bob Knight, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of California, Berkeley, says our emotions influence the decisions we make and
computers will never be able to match the complexities of human decision making.

Author: Bob Knight is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of California, Berkeley.

Image: Robots are seen at the “Hannover Messe” industrial trade fair in Hanover. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen.

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