Kids agree that it’s wrong to be attack smart technologies like Roomba or an Alexa, despite ranking Amazon’s virtual assistant as savvier than its vacuuming counterpart. Credit: Veronique Koch, Duke University
Most kids know it’s wrong to yell or hit someone, even if they don’t always keep their hands to themselves. But what about if that someone’s name is Alexa?
A new study from Duke developmental psychologists asked kids just that, as well as how smart and sensitive they thought the smart speaker Alexa was compared to its floor-dwelling cousin Roomba, an autonomous vacuum.
Four- to eleven-year-olds judged Alexa to …
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