Living with Robots

Living with Robots recounts a foundational shift in robotics, from artificial intelligence to artificial empathy, and foreshadows an inflection point in human evolution. As robots engage with people in socially meaningful ways, social robotics probes the nature of the human emotions that social robots are designed to emulate.

About the author

Paul Dumouchel is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.Luisa Damiano is Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Messina in Messina, Italy.

Summary

Living with Robots recounts a foundational shift in robotics, from artificial intelligence to artificial empathy, and foreshadows an inflection point in human evolution. As robots engage with people in socially meaningful ways, social robotics probes the nature of the human emotions that social robots are designed to emulate.

Product details

• Authors: Luisa Damiano, Paul Dumouchel, Dumouchel Paul
• Assisted by: Malcolm DeBevoise (Translation), DeBevoise Malcolm (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780674971738
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97173-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 218 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, mind & body