{"product_id":"the-naked-android-synthetic-socialness-and-the-human-gaze-paperback","title":"The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Carpenter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e illuminates the connection between the stories people tell, their expectations of what a robot is, and how these beliefs and values manifest in how real robots are designed and used.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction of the \"human gaze\" articulates how peoples' expectations and perceptions about robots are ultimately based on deeply personal cultural interpretations of what is artificial or human and what problems social robots should -or should not -solve. \u003cem\u003eThe Naked Android\u003c\/em\u003e clarifies how human qualities like understanding and desire are designed into robots as mediums as well as projected onto them by the people who live with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy investigating the fluidity of identities across human culture and social robotics, this book unpacks the contextual complexities of their interactions and mutual influences. Using ethnographic methods including in-depth interviews with a variety of stakeholders, each chapter explores how people are designing social robots, the experience of living with robots, and people whose jobs it is to dream about a future integrated with robots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the concept of the \"human gaze\" (and the \"robot gaze\") as means of understanding how people live with robots.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter includes in-depth interviews with people who make, live with, or create art about robots.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsing ethnographic methods, paints a vivid description of the interconnecting influences of science fiction, human imagination, and real technology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie Carpenter\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, is a social scientist who explores human behaviors with emerging technologies, often forms of AI. A great deal of her research has focused on human attachment to robots and other forms of artificial intelligence. She is an external research fellow in the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University and has held this role since 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43371869077639,"sku":"9780367772529","price":103.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/xCgR1bI2QO9780367772529.webp?v=1761339010","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-naked-android-synthetic-socialness-and-the-human-gaze-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}