More Than Machines?
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چکیده
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 robotics R&D, science communication media discourse, and the theoretical perspectives STS cognitive sciences. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, backed by wealth empirical material, shows how scientists, engineers, journalists - everyone else can face challenge technology appearing »a little bit alive« with reflexive yet pragmatic stance.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Science studies
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2703-1551', '2703-1543']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839455609