People readily treat machines - like chatbots and robots - as if they were human. But can machines take the relationship to the next level?

You will use experiments to test ideas about how technologies like AI do, or soon will, build feelings like friendship and intimacy with human users. In so doing you will also test ideas about the evolution of behaviour.

How to Apply

Express your interest in this project by emailing Scientia Professor Robert Brooks. Include a copy of your CV and your academic transcript(s). 

School / Research Area

Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences