Maciej Musial

Enchanting Robots

Intimacy, Magic, and Technology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-12578-3
• 1st ed. 2019
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9783030125783
• ISBN-10: 3030125785
• Artikelnr.: 54880022

Autorenporträt

Maciej Musiä, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä, Poland. He is interested in transformations of intimacy, new technologies and magical thinking.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction - Chapter 2. Robots Enchanting Humans - Chapter 3. Humans Enchanting Robots - Chapter 4. Disenchanting and Re-enchanting in Modernity - Chapter 5. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Where Will We Go from Here?