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The edge of the uncanny

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Scientists are learning more about what makes robots and chatbots engaging.

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 59, Issue 9
      September 2016
      91 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/2991470
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      • Moshe Y. Vardi
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