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

By: Musiał, Maciej, autor
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Material type: materialTypeLabelE-bookSeries: (Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI, 2523-8523).Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019Edition: First edition 2019.Description: recurso en línea (XI, 159 páginas) : 5 ilustraciones, 4 ilustraciones a color.ISBN: 9783030125790.Subject: Robots -- Aspectos sociales | Interacción hombre-ordenador -- FilosofíaOnline resources: Acceso a este recurso digital (usuarios Universidad Europea de Madrid)Digital Resources In: Springer eBooksAbstract: 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.
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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.

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