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

People don't like asking stupid questions of human-like 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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