From keithl at keithl.com Thu Jun 5 07:58:09 2025 From: keithl at keithl.com (Keith Lofstrom) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 00:58:09 -0700 Subject: [PLUG-TALK] Cursing Robot at Oregon State University Message-ID: <20250605075809.GA14724@gate.kl-ic.com> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYdN5zLa07Q Conference paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05831 The goal of this OSU C.S. project was to learn how HUMAN observers react to a robot that curses when it "makes a mistake". Most react with sympathy, unless the robot uses phrases like "g** damn it". That offends many ... and with that in mind, I use asterisks here. Keith L. -- Keith Lofstrom keithl at keithl.com