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How can we trust a robot?

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If intelligent robots take on a larger role in our society, what basis will humans have for trusting them?

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 3
        March 2018
        107 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/3190347
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