The volunteers were asked to apply ratings from dozens of scales to each video: machinelike to humanlike, synthetic to real and so on.

ECONOMIST: Animation and robotics

Because tunnels block a radar signal, trains rely largely on hard-wired equipment like the box beside the track, which helps drivers and dispatchers talk to each other and controls a machinelike traffic signal, giving the drivers basic commands to stop and go.

NEWYORKER: Boss Rail