03297nam 22006975 450 991033766900332120240718132111.09783030125790303012579310.1007/978-3-030-12579-0(CKB)4100000007746778(MiAaPQ)EBC5721242(DE-He213)978-3-030-12579-0(Perlego)3493134(EXLCZ)99410000000774677820190228d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnchanting Robots Intimacy, Magic, and Technology /by Maciej Musiał1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (168 pages)Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI,2523-85319783030125783 3030125785 This book argues that robots are enchanting humans (as potential intimate partners), because humans are enchanting robots (by performing magical thinking), and that these processes are a part of a significant re-enchantment of the "modern" world. As a foundation, the author examines arguments for and against intimate relationships with robots, particularly sex robots and care robots. Moreover, the book provides a consideration of human-robot interactions and philosophical reflections about robots through the lens of magic and magical thinking as well as theoretical and practical re-evaluations of their status and presence. Furthermore, the author discusses the abovementioned issues in the context of disenchantment and re-enchantment of the world, characterizing modernity as a coexistence of these two processes. The book closes with a consideration of future scenarios regarding the meaning of life in the age of rampant automation and the possibility that designing robots becomes a sortof new eugenics as a consequence of recognizing robots as persons.Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI,2523-8531ScienceSocial aspectsCognitive psychologyDevelopmental psychologyArtificial intelligenceAutomatic controlRoboticsAutomationScience and Technology StudiesCognitive PsychologyDevelopmental PsychologyArtificial IntelligenceControl, Robotics, AutomationScienceSocial aspects.Cognitive psychology.Developmental psychology.Artificial intelligence.Automatic control.Robotics.Automation.Science and Technology Studies.Cognitive Psychology.Developmental Psychology.Artificial Intelligence.Control, Robotics, Automation.629.8924019303.4834Musiał Maciejauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1040171BOOK9910337669003321Enchanting Robots2462824UNINA