Even crime itself may be more easily committed by a robot than a human. In 2016, Harvard student Serena Booth built a robot that was meant to test some theories about whether humans trust robots too much.14 Booth built a simple remote-controlled robot and had it drive up to students, asking to be allowed access to a key card–controlled dorm. Under those circumstances, only 19 percent of people let it into the dorm (interestingly, that number was a bit higher when the students were in groups). However, if the same robot said it was delivering cookies, 76 percent let it in.
