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.
| ISBN: | 9781138831742 |
| Publication date: | 12th February 2015 |
| Author: | Kathleen De Montfort University, UK Richardson |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 136 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Anthropology |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Artificial intelligence Cultural studies Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects |
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.
An Anthropology of Robots and AI features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Artificial intelligence, Cultural studies, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects
An Anthropology of Robots and AI is available in Hardback
An Anthropology of Robots and AI was written by Kathleen De Montfort University, UK Richardson and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
An Anthropology of Robots and AI has 136 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Anthropology series
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