More Than Machines? : The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology

More Than Machines? The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology

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We know that robots are just machines. Why then do we often talk about them as if they were alive? Laura Voss explores this fascinating phenomenon, providing a rich insight into practices of animacy (and inanimacy) attribution to robot technology: from science-fiction to robotics R&D, from scien...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Voss, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Tesis
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Science Studies
Materias:
Robot; Artificial Intelligence; Animacy; Anthropomorphism; Agency; Technology; Society; Science; Sociology of Technology; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Work and Industry; Sociology;
Agency.
Animacy.
Anthropomorphism.
Artificial Intelligence.
Science.
Society.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology of Technology.
Sociology of Work and Industry.
Sociology.
Technology.
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Sumario:We know that robots are just machines. Why then do we often talk about them as if they were alive? Laura Voss explores this fascinating phenomenon, providing a rich insight into practices of animacy (and inanimacy) attribution to robot technology: from science-fiction to robotics R&D, from science communication to media discourse, and from the theoretical perspectives of STS to the cognitive sciences. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, and backed by a wealth of empirical material, Voss shows how scientists, engineers, journalists - and everyone else - can face the challenge of robot technology appearing »a little bit alive« with a reflexive and yet pragmatic stance.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (216 p.)
ISBN:9783839455609

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