Enchanting Robots

Intimacy, Magic, and Technology
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-12578-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 159 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 343 g

Reihe: Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI

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 sortof new eugenics as a consequence of recognizing robots as persons.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Musia¿, Maciej

Musial, Maciej

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction - Chapter 2. Robots Enchanting Humans - Chapter 3. Humans Enchanting Robots - Chapter 4. Disenchanting and Re-enchanting in Modernity - Chapter 5. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Where Will We Go from Here?

Über Autor(innen)

Maciej Musial, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He is interested in transformations of intimacy, new technologies and magical thinking.