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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.
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