A Robot That Talks to Itself Might Be Easier to Interact With

Curiosity Daily

Learn about interacting with robots that talk to themselves; “mad honey,” a rare, dangerous hallucinogen; and “alief.”

Robots that talk to themselves might be easier to interact with by Grant Currin

• Pepper the humanoid and programmable robot | SoftBank Robotics. (2021). Softbankrobotics.com. https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/pepper
• Pipitone, A., & Chella, A. (2021). What robots want? Hearing the inner voice of a robot. IScience, 102371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102371
• Pepper the robot talks to itself to improve its interactions with people. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124654.htm

"Mad honey" is a weird, rare, dangerous hallucinogen used as medicine around the Black Sea by Steffie Drucker

• Johnson, S. (2021, April 23). “Mad honey”: The rare hallucinogen from the mountains of Nepal. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/mad-honey
• The Hallucinogenic Honey of Nepal and Turkey. (2017, November 12). Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/mad-honey-red-hallucinogen
• Hess, P. (2017, July 17). Mad Honey: What to know before eating hallucinogenic honey from Nepal. Inverse; Inverse. https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/33974-mad-honey-nepal-rhododendron-grayanotoxin-hallucinogenic
• Jansen, S. A., Kleerekooper, I., Hofman, Z. L. M., Kappen, I. F. P. M., Stary-Weinzinger, A., & van der Heyden, M. A. G. (2012). Grayanotoxin Poisoning: “Mad Honey Disease” and Beyond. Cardiovascular Toxicology, 12(3), 208–215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12012-012-9162-2

Alief Is When You Act In Opposition To Your True Beliefs by Ashley Hamer

• Gendler, T. S. (2008). Alief in action (and reaction). Mind & Language, 23(5), 552-585. http://www.errol-lord.com/uploads/1/8/6/6/18669048/gendler-aliefinaction.pdf
• Bloom, P. (2010, May 30). The Pleasures of Imagination. The Chronicle of Higher Education; The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-pleasures-of-imagination/
• Kawakami, K., Dovidio, J. F., Moll, J., Hermsen, S., & Russin, A. (2000). Just say no (to stereotyping): effects of training in the negation of stereotypic associations on stereotype activation. Journal of personality and social psychology, 78(5), 871. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sander-Hermsen-2/publication/12497209_Just_Say_No_to_Stereotyping_Effects_of_Training_in_the_Negation_of_Stereotypic_Associations_on_Stereotype_Activation/links/5602972108ae849b3c0e11f1/Just-Say-No-to-Stereotyping-Effects-of-Training-in-the-Negation-of-Stereotypic-Associations-on-Stereotype-Activation.pdf
• Blair, I. V. (2002). The Malleability of Automatic Stereotypes and Prejudice. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6(3), 242–261. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327957pspr0603_8

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