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Joshua Paul Dale

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Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

So we do have to be a little bit careful of that, I think, and just kind of be aware of when we're attracted to something by its cuteness. You know, who benefits? We benefit, but perhaps we're allowing something else to benefit too, like a corporation.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Sure. For example, there have been some really interesting studies that put people into brain scanners and show them cute images and take a look at what happens to our brains when we are feeling the emotion of cuteness. And what they found is that cuteness attracts our attention very quickly, within one seventh of a second. And then it acts kind of as a releaser of social emotions.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Sure. For example, there have been some really interesting studies that put people into brain scanners and show them cute images and take a look at what happens to our brains when we are feeling the emotion of cuteness. And what they found is that cuteness attracts our attention very quickly, within one seventh of a second. And then it acts kind of as a releaser of social emotions.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Sure. For example, there have been some really interesting studies that put people into brain scanners and show them cute images and take a look at what happens to our brains when we are feeling the emotion of cuteness. And what they found is that cuteness attracts our attention very quickly, within one seventh of a second. And then it acts kind of as a releaser of social emotions.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

So after we're attracted to a cute object, then it can influence our behavior. But it doesn't do that automatically. The attraction is automatic, but then it influences our behavior only if we really like cute things and depending on the situation. And in that case, it will release all these pro-social feelings like well-being and empathy and compassion and things like that.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

So after we're attracted to a cute object, then it can influence our behavior. But it doesn't do that automatically. The attraction is automatic, but then it influences our behavior only if we really like cute things and depending on the situation. And in that case, it will release all these pro-social feelings like well-being and empathy and compassion and things like that.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

So after we're attracted to a cute object, then it can influence our behavior. But it doesn't do that automatically. The attraction is automatic, but then it influences our behavior only if we really like cute things and depending on the situation. And in that case, it will release all these pro-social feelings like well-being and empathy and compassion and things like that.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Right now, I'm looking to the near future, to what's happening with AI, but also robotics. because I have a Google Scholar alert for cuteness. So a couple of times a week, these emails pop up in my inbox, and I get advanced news on what's being published in the academic fields on robotics and AI.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Right now, I'm looking to the near future, to what's happening with AI, but also robotics. because I have a Google Scholar alert for cuteness. So a couple of times a week, these emails pop up in my inbox, and I get advanced news on what's being published in the academic fields on robotics and AI.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Right now, I'm looking to the near future, to what's happening with AI, but also robotics. because I have a Google Scholar alert for cuteness. So a couple of times a week, these emails pop up in my inbox, and I get advanced news on what's being published in the academic fields on robotics and AI.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

And I've been noticing a lot of papers that are concentrating on cuteness, like how can we make a robot act in a cute way? And they're very technical. The latest article I read was talking about head tilting, like how can a robot tilt its head So we look at it and go, oh, that's so cute. You know, what is the angle that needs to be done? What speed does the robot's head have to move?

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

And I've been noticing a lot of papers that are concentrating on cuteness, like how can we make a robot act in a cute way? And they're very technical. The latest article I read was talking about head tilting, like how can a robot tilt its head So we look at it and go, oh, that's so cute. You know, what is the angle that needs to be done? What speed does the robot's head have to move?

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

And I've been noticing a lot of papers that are concentrating on cuteness, like how can we make a robot act in a cute way? And they're very technical. The latest article I read was talking about head tilting, like how can a robot tilt its head So we look at it and go, oh, that's so cute. You know, what is the angle that needs to be done? What speed does the robot's head have to move?

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

So from this, I get the impression that we're going to be seeing a new generation of robots that are designed to look cute and to appeal to us through their cuteness. And we get a whole bunch of reasons for that. Some of them are a profit for the company, but also it's a way to help us to feel closer to that robot, to engage with it, and then it will help us more if that's the robot's intention.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

So from this, I get the impression that we're going to be seeing a new generation of robots that are designed to look cute and to appeal to us through their cuteness. And we get a whole bunch of reasons for that. Some of them are a profit for the company, but also it's a way to help us to feel closer to that robot, to engage with it, and then it will help us more if that's the robot's intention.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

So from this, I get the impression that we're going to be seeing a new generation of robots that are designed to look cute and to appeal to us through their cuteness. And we get a whole bunch of reasons for that. Some of them are a profit for the company, but also it's a way to help us to feel closer to that robot, to engage with it, and then it will help us more if that's the robot's intention.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Yes, actually, studies have shown that. Yeah, and I actually think anyone with children would recognize that once they reach a certain age, they are able to use their cuteness to try to manipulate their parents. So cuteness is both appreciated by very young children and also used by very young children.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Yes, actually, studies have shown that. Yeah, and I actually think anyone with children would recognize that once they reach a certain age, they are able to use their cuteness to try to manipulate their parents. So cuteness is both appreciated by very young children and also used by very young children.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Yes, actually, studies have shown that. Yeah, and I actually think anyone with children would recognize that once they reach a certain age, they are able to use their cuteness to try to manipulate their parents. So cuteness is both appreciated by very young children and also used by very young children.

Something You Should Know
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation

Yeah, dogs have this muscle that allows them to raise their eyebrows, and it's interesting because wolves... who they descended from do not have this muscle. So it seems to have evolved because it is particularly effective in emotionally manipulating humans who have been taking care of dogs for a long time.