Article ID: CBB473929187

The Mechanics of Fear. Re-envisioning Anxiety through Emerging Technologies of Affect (Funktionsweisen der Furcht. Neue Konzepte von Angst im Kontext der emotionalen Robotik) (2019)

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While there has been ample research in the fields of psychology and human- robot interaction on humans’ fear toward robots, advancements in artificial emotional intelligence and emotional robotics suggest the need to investigate not only the mechanisms by which humans in different social contexts de- velop anxiety toward robots but also the mechanics by which robots might develop anxiety themselves. Based on a year of ethnographic research among engineers in Japan modeling emotion in robots, this article contends that exploring how robots are both designed and imagined to sense anxiety reveals productive feedback loops between entertainment robotics, artificial intelligence research, and an evolving psychology of human-robot relations in Japan. By outlining some of the social, scientific, and political implications of these feedback loops, the essay aims to help answer the question of how recent technological strategies to realize robots that not only read, perform, but also in a philosophical and social sense have emotion are reshaping the designs of psychological research on fear and anxiety in contemporary Japan. , Es liegt mittlerweile eine Vielzahl an Studien zur Angst der Menschen vor Robotern aus dem Bereich der Psychologie und der Forschungen zur Mensch- Roboter-Interaktion vor. Jüngere Entwicklungen in der künstlichen emotio- nalen Intelligenz und der emotionalen Robotik werfen jedoch gänzlich neue Fragen auf. Es muss nicht nur untersucht werden, wie und warum Menschen in unterschiedlichen sozialen Kontexten Angst vor Robotern haben, sondern es sollte auch nach den Funktionsweisen der Angst gefragt werden, die den Robotern eingeschrieben werden und ihnen erlauben, Angst darzustellen. Basierend auf einem Jahr ethnographischer Forschung unter Robotik-Ingenieu- ren in Japan, zeigt dieser Artikel, wie das Design und die Konzeption von emotionalen Robotern auf Wechselwirkungen und Rückkopplungen zwischen Unterhaltungsrobotik, künstlicher Intelligenz und einer sich entwickelnden Psychologie der Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion in Japan beruhen und diese antreibt. Ziel des Beitrags ist es, soziale, wissenschaftliche und politische Implikationen dieser Wechselwirkungen herauszuarbeiten. Der Artikel weist nach, wie die Entwicklung von Robotern, die nicht nur Emotionen lesen, sondern auch Emotionen haben, die psychologischen Forschungen zu Angst im heutigen Japan transformiert.

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Authors & Contributors
Jennifer Robertson
Coeckelbergh, Mark
Marco Maggesi
Kaspar Beelen
Massimo Ciccozzi
Rachel Adams
Concepts
Human-machine interaction
Artificial intelligence
Automata; robotics; cyborgs
Technology and society
Machine learning
Technology and ethics
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Japan
United States
South Africa
Great Britain
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