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[social science findings reflect cultural biases, argh]
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"We are more polite when the person computer we're evaluating is in the same room with us."
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"Critical people computers are perceived as smarter than people who computers that offer compliments."
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"Specialized people TVs are rated as more reliable than generalist people TVs."
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"When a person computer switches frequently from dominant to polite speech patterns and back, people relating to it become nervous, and wonder if it might be psychotic."
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