"The child’s faster-than-expected response exposed a mismatch between the robot’s programmed expectations and the physical interaction taking place."
Serena Smith's Dazed interview with AI researcher Toby Walsh identifies the accident as a consequence of the child responding faster than the robot's program expected. Walsh places responsibility on the humans who built and operated the robot. The example connects narrow automation with the engineering challenge of anticipating human behaviour outside a machine's expected operating sequence.
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