Enchanting Robots : Intimacy, Magic, and Technology /
Musiał, Maciej
Enchanting Robots : Intimacy, Magic, and Technology / Maciej Musiał. - First edition 2019 - recurso en línea (XI, 159 páginas) 5 ilustraciones, 4 ilustraciones a color - Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI 2523-8523 .
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.
9783030125790
10.1007/978-3-030-12579-0 doi
Robots--Aspectos sociales
Interacción hombre-ordenador--Filosofía
TJ211.49 / 2019 EB
Enchanting Robots : Intimacy, Magic, and Technology / Maciej Musiał. - First edition 2019 - recurso en línea (XI, 159 páginas) 5 ilustraciones, 4 ilustraciones a color - Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI 2523-8523 .
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.
9783030125790
10.1007/978-3-030-12579-0 doi
Robots--Aspectos sociales
Interacción hombre-ordenador--Filosofía
TJ211.49 / 2019 EB