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Overtrust in the robotic age

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A contemporary ethical challenge.

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 9
      September 2018
      94 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/3271489
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