1st Edition
An Anthropology of Robots and AI Annihilation Anxiety and Machines
By Kathleen Richardson
Copyright 2015
148 Pages
by
Routledge
148 Pages
by
Routledge
148 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction: Annihilation Anxiety and Machines 1. Revolutionary Robots 2. Out of Body Minds 3. Social Robots 4. The Gender of the Geek 5. The Dissociated Robot 6. Fantasy and Robots. Conclusion: Loving the Attachment Wounded Robot
Biography
Kathleen Richardson is Senior Research Fellow in the Ethics of Robotics in the School for Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
