Enchanting Robots - Intimacy, Magic, and Technology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

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

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI
Release date:	March 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Maciej Musial
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	159
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-012578-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Automatic control engineering > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-012578-5
Barcode:	9783030125783

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