A team of researchers in Germany published a study of the relationship between language and trustworthiness when it comes to human views on talking robots, stated Cointelegraph.
“Surprisingly, people have mixed feelings about robots speaking in a dialect, some like it, while others prefer standard language. This made us think: maybe it’s not just the robot, but also the people involved that shape these preferences,” Katharina Kühne, the study’s lead author, explained.
With insights from German team’s paper, “accentism” can come into play during human communications. It is believed that listeners may find the general dialect competent and thus prefer it, while others may find a local dialect (that they share) to be comforting and thus preferable, added Cointelegraph.
“In summary, standard language-speaking robots were perceived as more trustworthy or likeable presumably due to the in-group bias and accentism, while according to other studies, participants preferred robots that spoke with a dialect,” Cointelegraph concluded.
(With insights from Cointelegraph)
