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Record Nr.

UNINA9910985623903321

Autore

Pageau Félix

Titolo

Robots and Gadgets : Aging at Home

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Qu_bec City : , : Les Presses de l'Université Laval, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9782766302550

2766302557

9782766302543

2766302549

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 pages)

Collana

Éthique, IA et Sociétés - OBVIA Series

Altri autori (Persone)

WangmoTenzin

MihailovEmilian

CollectifCollectif

Disciplina

610.28563

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence - Medical applications - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter(pp. I-VI) -- Table of Contents(pp. VII-X) -- INTRODUCTION(pp. 1-6) -- Félix Pageau -- 1 Artificial Intelligence: A Brief Introduction for Non-Experts on the Technological Advances That Are Bringing Smart Devices into Our Lives(pp. 7-24) -- Friedemann Zenke and Koshika Yadava -- 2 Ethical Perspectives on Dementia, the Person, and Artificial Intelligence, with Special Reference to the Dementia-Care Enterprise in Switzerland: Critical Reflections, with Caveats, from the United States(pp. 25-70) -- Athena McLean -- 3 Ethical Issues Related to Smart Technologies and Artificial Intelligence(pp. 71-92) -- Bernice S. Elger -- 4 Smart-Home Technology in the Care of Older Persons: Deciphering Privacy Concerns(pp. 93-118) -- Yi Jiao (Angelina) Tian and Tenzin Wangmo -- 5 Is the House of Smart Technologies Less Human? Challenges to Human Dignity in the Care of Older Persons(pp. 119-136) -- Emilian Mihailov -- CONCLUSION(pp. 137-144) -- Félix Pageau -- CONTRIBUTORS(pp. 145-148) -- Back Matter(pp. 149-149).

Sommario/riassunto

Why did we need to reflect on and write about smart-home technologies for the older person? What is a smart-home techology? In



the face of smart-home promises to help the elderly person, and before these technologies are more widely used, we need to examine the ethical issues.