More Than Machines?

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 to robotics R&D, from science c...

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Main Author:	Voss, Laura
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	transcript Verlag 2023
Subjects:	Robot Artificial Intelligence Animacy Anthropomorphism Agency Technology Society Science Sociology of Technology Sociology of Culture Sociology of Work and Industry Sociology thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour
Online Access:	ONIX_20230127_9783839455609_14
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