# Kate Darling: Why we have an emotional connection to robots

We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate Darling, and an instinct like that can have consequences. Learn more about how we're biologically hardwired to project intent and life onto machines — and how it might help us better understand ourselves.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2018
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/KateDarling_2018S)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/KateDarling_2018S?play=1)