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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Main Author: Voss, Laura (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Series:Science Studies
Subjects:
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
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