Robots Can Learn Ethical Behavior By Reading Children's Stories

Robots learn socially accepted behavior by reading and understanding children's books, particularly stories about chivalry. Researchers developed a technology called "Quixote" that can teach robots how to align their goals with proper human behavior in social settings. The increasing growth of artificial intelligence has come with fear that these robots could be a threat to humanity. To lessen this anxiety, a team of researchers developed a method that will train AI how to behave in social settings. The new technology is called "Quixote" and it teaches robots to read children's stories, understand acceptable social behavior in societies and learn standard event sequences.