Alienation and Recognition

The Δ Phenomenology of the Human–Social Robot Interaction (HSRI)

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ID22250760
AuthorsPiercosma Bisconti (0000-0001-8052-0142, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna), Antonio Carnevale (0000-0003-2538-5579, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)
Year2022
Volume26
Issue1
Pages147-171
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTechné Research in Philosophy and Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2691-5928 • E-ISSN: 2691-5928
PublisherPhilosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5840/techne202259157
OpenAlexW4285030396
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

A crucial philosophical problem of social robots is how much they perform a kind of sociality in interacting with humans. Scholarship diverges between those who sustain that humans and social robots cannot by default have social interactions and those who argue for the possibility of an asymmetric sociality. Against this dichotomy, we argue in this paper for a holistic approach called “Δ phenomenology” of HSRI (Human–Social Robot Interaction). In the first part of the paper, we will analyse the semantics of an HSRI. This is what leads a human being (x) to assign or receive a meaning of sociality (z) by interacting with a social robot (y). Hence, we will question the ontological structure underlying HSRIs, suggesting that HSRIs may lead to a peculiar kind of user alienation. By combining all these variables, we will formulate some final recommendations for an ethics of social robots

Alienation · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Mobile robot · Political science · Robot · Robot control · Scholarship · Social robot · Sociality · Sociology · Computer Science · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Artificial Intelligence · Ecology

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