You, robot: on the linguistic construction of artificial others |
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Authors: | Mark Coeckelbergh |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | How can we make sense of the idea of ‘personal’ or ‘social’ relations with robots? Starting from a social and phenomenological
approach to human–robot relations, this paper explores how we can better understand and evaluate these relations by attending
to the ways our conscious experience of the robot and the human–robot relation is mediated by language. It is argued that
our talk about and to robots is not a mere representation of an objective robotic or social-interactive reality, but rather
interprets and co-shapes our relation to these artificial quasi-others. Our use of language also changes as a result of our
experiences and practices. This happens when people start talking to robots. In addition, this paper responds to the ethical objection that talking to and with robots is both unreal and deceptive.
It is concluded that in order to give meaning to human–robot relations, to arrive at a more balanced ethical judgment, and
to reflect on our current form of life, we should complement existing objective-scientific methodologies of social robotics
and interaction studies with interpretations of the words, conversations, and stories in and about human–robot relations. |
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