Response to "Sometimes it's hard to be a robot: A call for action on the ethics of abusing artificial agents"

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-337

  Dix, Alan ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43449139392     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2008.02.003     Document Type: Letter

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