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More Than Machines?|Laura Voss

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 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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9783837655605
  • ISBN-10: 3837655601
  • Publisher: Transcript Publishing
  • Publish Date: April 2021
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.46 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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