People put off asking stupid questions of virtual assistants the more human they seem, say researchers
Puny humans don't want to appear stupid in front of machines
The more human-like the virtual assistant, the less likely that users will want to ask questions that could be regarded as "stupid", according to new research from psychologists. In recent years, virtual...
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