Turkle and the Robots

Turkle and The Robots

Overview of Alone TogetherDr. R. Redekopp

Robots as Companions

“We reduce relationship and come to see this as the norm” (p.55)

Nexi

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Robots as Companions

Alterity – seeing the world through the eyes of someone else

LeonardoVideo

Robots as Companions

“Without alterity, there can be no empathy.”

KismetVideo

Robots as Companions

“Children need to be with people to develop mutuality and empathy” (p. 56)

FurbyVideo

Robots as Companions

Attachment without responsibility – artificial emotion.

AIBOVideo

Robots as Companions

A robot “promises friendship but can only deliver performance” (p. 101)

COGVideo

Robots as Companions

Confiding very personal info – like a confession booth?

ParoVideo

Robots as Companions

“We put robots on a terrain of meaning, but they don’t know what they mean. And they don’t mean anything at all.” (p. 124)

NursebotVideo

Robots as Companions

Robots make it easier to leave the elderly alone – without the guilt.

DOMOVideo

Robots as Companions

We try to cover for the robots to make them seem better than they are.

MertzVideo

Robots as Companions

The more robots can do, the more we attribute ‘caring’ to them.

We interpret the robot’s emotions for them.