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Hitchbot ‘murder’ has researchers worrying about robot cruelty

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"“Maybe these Canadians have a claim for more damages than just the physical robot because of the likelihood of sentimental attachment,” Calo told me over email. “[But] maybe the authorities, in setting enforcement priorities, should be more alarmed that people are willing to destroy an anthropomorphic machine than deface some other object.”"

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