Emerging Technologies

Video: Why robots will never make decisions like humans

Bob Knight
Professor, University of California, Berkeley

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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