More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology by Voss, Laura

More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837655605)

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More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology by Voss, Laura

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

$50.00
More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology by Voss, Laura

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

$50.00
Format: Paperback
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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 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.

Author: Laura Voss
ISBN-10: 3837655601
ISBN-13: 9783837655605
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d
By Laura Voss
By Laura Voss
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Laura Voss is a science manager at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit舩 M?chen. With a background in organizational, occupational, and neuro-cognitive psychology, she previously worked both as a science and technology studies researcher and science manager for international robotics R&D consortiums, and at the Technische Universit舩 M?chen.

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