Naked Android - Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze

The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze illuminates the connection between the stories people tell, their expectations of what a robot is, and how these beliefs and values manifest in how real robots are designed and used.

List of contents

Chapter 01 Welcome home, robots Chapter 02 Robots in the family Chapter 03 AI, robots, and the gaze of gods Chapter 04 Science fiction robots as metaphors, muses, and allies Chapter 05 Promises of sex robots Chapter 06 The object of a robot gaze References

About the author

Julie Carpenter, PhD, is a social scientist who explores human behaviors with emerging technologies, often forms of AI. A great deal of her research has focused on human attachment to robots and other forms of artificial intelligence. She is an external research fellow in the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University and has held this role since 2015.

Summary

The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze illuminates the connection between the stories people tell, their expectations of what a robot is, and how these beliefs and values manifest in how real robots are designed and used.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Carpenter, Carpenter Julie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2024
• EAN: 9780367772529
• ISBN: 978-0-367-77252-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics, LAW / Computer & Internet, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects