Humans Appear Programmed to Obey Robots, Studies Suggest

Humans Appear Programmed to Obey Robots, Studies Suggest | Singularity Hub: "Two 8-foot robots recently began directing traffic in the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa. The automatons are little more than traffic lights dressed up as campy 1960s robots—and yet, drivers obey them more readily than the humans previously directing traffic there."