An anthropology of robots and AI :
annihilation anxiety and machines /
Kathleen Richardson.

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Main Author
Richardson, Kathleen.
Language(s)
English
Published
New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
Subjects
Robotar i litteraturen.
Artificiell intelligens i litteraturen.
Robotteknik > sociala aspekter.
Robotik.
Roboter.
Künstliche Intelligenz.
Robots in literature.
Robotics > Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence > Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence in literature.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Robotics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Artificial intelligence in literature.
Robots in literature.
Artificial intelligence > Social aspects.
Robotics > Social aspects.
Summary
"This book explores the making of robots in labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It examines the cultural ideas that go into the making of robots, and the role of fiction in co-constructing the technological practices of the robotic scientists. The book engages with debates in anthropological theorizing regarding the way that robots are reimagined as intelligent, autonomous and social and weaved into lived social realities. Richardson charts the move away from the "worker" robot of the 1920s to the "social" one of the 2000s, as robots are reimagined as companions, friends and therapeutic agents"--
Physical Description
xi, 135 pages ; 24 cm.
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1138831743
9781138831742
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