The Parasitic Nature of Social AI

Sharing Minds with the Mindless

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ID6071508
AuthorsHenrik Skaug Sætra (0000-0002-7558-6451, Østfold University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume54
Issue2
Pages308-326
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIntegrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1932-4502 • E-ISSN: 1936-3567
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12124-020-09523-6
PMID32185700
OpenAlexW3012078580
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited61

Can artificial intelligence (AI) develop the potential to be ourpartner, and will we be as sensitive to its social signals as we are to those of human beings? I examine both of these questions and how cultural psychology might add such questions to its research agenda. There are three areas in which I believe there is a need for both a better understanding and added perspective. First, I will present some important concepts and ideas from the world of AI that might be beneficial for pursuing research topics focused on AI within the cultural psychology research agenda. Second, there are some very interesting questions that must be answered with respect to central notions in cultural psychology as these are tested through human interactions with AI. Third, I claim that social robots areparasiticto deeply ingrained human social behaviour, in the sense that they exploit and feed upon processes and mechanisms that evolved for purposes that were originally completely alien to human-computer interactions

Cognitive science · Cultural psychology · Epistemology · Exploit · Perspective (graphical · Social intelligence · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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