The introduction of the “human gaze” articulates how peoples’ expectations and perceptions about robots are ultimately based on deeply personal cultural interpretations of what is artificial or human and what problems social robots should –or should not –solve. The Naked Android clarifies how human qualities like understanding and desire are designed into robots as mediums as well as projected onto them by the people who live with them.
By investigating the fluidity of identities across human culture and social robotics, this book unpacks the contextual complexities of their interactions and mutual influences. Using ethnographic methods including in-depth interviews with a variety of stakeholders, each chapter explores how people are designing social robots, the experience of living with robots, and people whose jobs it is to dream about a future integrated with robots.
Key Features:
- Introduces the concept of the “human gaze” (and the “robot gaze”) as means of understanding how people live with robots.
- Each chapter includes in-depth interviews with people who make, live with, or create art about robots.
- Using ethnographic methods, paints a vivid description of the interconnecting influences of science fiction, human imagination, and real technology.
The introduction of the “human gaze” articulates how peoples’ expectations and perceptions about robots are ultimately based on deeply personal cultural interpretations of what is artificial or human and what problems social robots should –or should not –solve. The Naked Android clarifies how human qualities like understanding and desire are designed into robots as mediums as well as projected onto them by the people who live with them.
By investigating the fluidity of identities across human culture and social robotics, this book unpacks the contextual complexities of their interactions and mutual influences. Using ethnographic methods including in-depth interviews with a variety of stakeholders, each chapter explores how people are designing social robots, the experience of living with robots, and people whose jobs it is to dream about a future integrated with robots.
Key Features:
- Introduces the concept of the “human gaze” (and the “robot gaze”) as means of understanding how people live with robots.
- Each chapter includes in-depth interviews with people who make, live with, or create art about robots.
- Using ethnographic methods, paints a vivid description of the interconnecting influences of science fiction, human imagination, and real technology.
The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze
296
The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze
296
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780367772529 |
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| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Publication date: | 11/13/2024 |
| Series: | Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series |
| Pages: | 296 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |