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

• Autor principal: Voss, Laura (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
• Colección: Science Studies
• Materias: Impact of science & technology on society; Cultural studies; Sociology: work & labour; Robot; Artificial Intelligence; Animacy; Anthropomorphism; Agency; Technology; Society; Science; Sociology of Technology; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Work and Industry; Sociology
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 electronic resource (216 p.)

ISBN

9783839455609
9783837655605

Acceso

Open Access