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n. 机器人，自动机械26 次
The robot rats were quite minimalist, resembling a chunkier version of a computer mouse with wheels to move around and colourful markings.
这些机器鼠的设计相当简单，看起来像是一个更厚实的电脑鼠标，装有用来四处移动的轮子，并带有彩色标记。
During the experiment, the social robot rat followed the living rats around, played with the same toys, and opened cage doors to let trapped rats escape.
在实验中，社交型机器鼠跟着活老鼠四处走动，玩同样的玩具，还会打开笼门让被困的老鼠逃出来。
Meanwhile, the asocial robot simply moved forwards and backwards and side to side.
与此同时，非社交型机器鼠只是前后左右地移动。
Next, the researchers trapped the robots in cages and gave the rats the opportunity to release them by pressing a lever.
接下来，研究人员把机器鼠关进笼子，让老鼠有机会通过按压杠杆把它们放出来。
Across 18 trials each, the living rats were 52 percent more likely on average to set the social robot free than the asocial one.
在各18次试验中，活老鼠释放社交型机器鼠的可能性平均比释放非社交型机器鼠高出52%。
This suggests that the rats perceived the social robot as a genuine social being.
这表明老鼠把社交型机器鼠视为真正的社会性生物。
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They may have bonded more with the social robot because it displayed behaviours like communal exploring and playing.
它们可能与社交型机器鼠建立了更深的联系，因为它表现出了共同探索和玩耍之类的行为。
This could lead to the rats better remembering having freed it earlier, and wanting the robot to return the favour when they get trapped, says Quinn.
奎因说，这可能使老鼠更好地记住自己早先曾解救过它，并希望在自己被困时机器鼠能投桃报李。
The readiness of the rats to befriend the social robot was surprising given its minimal design.
考虑到社交型机器鼠的设计如此简单，老鼠们如此乐意与之交朋友令人惊讶。
The robot was the same size as a regular rat but resembled a simple plastic box on wheels.
这个机器人和普通老鼠一样大，但看起来就像一个装着轮子的简单塑料盒。
The finding shows how sensitive rats are to social cues, even when they come from basic robots.
这一发现表明老鼠对社交信号有多么敏感，即使这些信号来自简单的机器人。
Similarly, children tend to treat robots as if they are fellow beings, even when they display only simple social signals.
同样，儿童往往把机器人当作同类来对待，即使机器人只表现出简单的社交信号。
“We humans seem to be fascinated by robots, and it turns out other animals are too,” says Wiles.
“我们人类似乎对机器人着迷，而事实证明其他动物也是如此，”怀尔斯说。
What did the asocial robot do during the experiment?
在实验中，非社交型机器鼠做了什么？
It followed the social robot.
它跟随社交型机器鼠。
According to Quinn, the rats released the social robot because they ____
根据奎因的说法，老鼠释放社交型机器鼠是因为它们____
Yet humans remain fascinated by the idea of robots that would look, move, and respond like humans, similar to those recently depicted on popular sci-fi TV series such as “Westworld” and “Humans.”
然而，人类仍然着迷于这样一种设想：机器人在外表、动作和反应上都像人一样，就像最近热门科幻电视剧《西部世界》和《真实的人类》中描绘的那样。
can be misleading to robot making.
可能会误导机器人的制造。
Even dairy farms, where robots do a small share of milking, have a long way to go before they're automated.
即使是由机器人承担一小部分挤奶工作的奶牛场，要实现自动化也还有很长的路要走。
To use more robots to grow high-value crops.
使用更多机器人种植高价值作物。
Among the annoying challenges facing the middle class is one that will probably go unmentioned in the next presidential campaign: What happens when the robots come for their jobs?
中产阶级面临的诸多恼人挑战中，有一项很可能在下一届总统竞选中无人提及：当机器人来抢他们的饭碗时，会发生什么？
Lower-income jobs like gardening or day care don’t appeal to robots.
园艺或日托这类低收入工作对机器人没有吸引力。
The rich own the robots, so they will be fine.
富人拥有机器人，所以他们不会有事。
Vocational schools should do a better job of fostering problem-solving skills and helping students work alongside robots.
职业学校应当更好地培养学生解决问题的能力，并帮助他们与机器人协同工作。
Robot owners.
机器人的拥有者。
(46) Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share — that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts — and reveal its erroneous nature.
（46）艾伦的贡献在于，他把我们大家共有的一个假设——因为我们不是机器人，所以我们能控制自己的思想——拿出来，揭示了它的错误本质。