In 2017, my colleagues in the Personal Robots group ran a study. Children, ages 6–10 years of age, were invited to the Media Lab to play with various smart devices (think: Amazon Alexa or Google Home). After the kids had an opportunity to play and interact with these devices, the researchers asked them each the following question: do you think the device is smarter, just as smart, or less smart than you? Here were the responses:
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