Enchanting Robots Intimacy, Magic, and Technology /

• Main Author: Musiał, Maciej (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI,
• Subjects: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Cognitive psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Artificial intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Science and Technology Studies.; Cognitive Psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Artificial Intelligence.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.

This book argues that robots are enchanting humans (as potential intimate partners), because humans are enchanting robots (by performing magical thinking), and that these processes are a part of a significant re-enchantment of the "modern" world. As a foundation, the author examines argume...