Enchanting Robots : Intimacy, Magic, and Technology / / by Maciej Musiał

• Autore: Musiał Maciej
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Disciplina: 629.8924019; 303.4834
• Soggetto topico: Technology—Sociological aspects; Cognitive psychology; Developmental psychology; Artificial intelligence; Control engineering; Robotics; Mechatronics; Science and Technology Studies; Cognitive Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Artificial Intelligence; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 sort of new eugenics as a consequence of recognizing robots as persons.
• Titolo autorizzato: Enchanting Robots
• ISBN: 3-030-12579-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910337669003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI, . 2523-8523