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World Service,1 min

Robot carers could be 'dehumanising'

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Artificial Intelligence expert Professor Maggie Boden tells us why some robots designed to care for humans and currently under trial scare her. She spoke to Rory Cellan-Jones at the launch of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. (Image: Line up of humanoid robots, Credit: Thinkstock).

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