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Free hugs from a scary clown anyone?
Ryan Calo, Professor of law at Washington university, explained the difference between the way robots with artificial intelligence, and humans think.
Mr Calo uses the example that a robot would see the image of a clown offering free hugs as a positive friendly image, whereas people would be less enthusiastic about hugging the clown, because of the context attached to that situation.
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