Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction

Information technologies have become part of our everyday lives and are increasingly acting as intermediaries in our workplaces and personal relationships or even substituting them. This growing interaction with machines poses several questions about which we have no previous experience, nor can we...

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Author: Torras, Carme
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/202480
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/202480
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Keyword:Social networks
Assistive robotics
Ethics
Science fiction
Science and humanities
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title Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction
spellingShingle Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction
Torras, Carme
Social networks
Assistive robotics
Ethics
Science fiction
Science and humanities
title_short Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction
title_full Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction
title_fullStr Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction
title_full_unstemmed Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction
title_sort Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Torras, Carme
author Torras, Carme
author_facet Torras, Carme
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Social networks
Assistive robotics
Ethics
Science fiction
Science and humanities
topic Social networks
Assistive robotics
Ethics
Science fiction
Science and humanities
description Information technologies have become part of our everyday lives and are increasingly acting as intermediaries in our workplaces and personal relationships or even substituting them. This growing interaction with machines poses several questions about which we have no previous experience, nor can we reliably predict how they will influence the evolution of society. This has led to the convergence of technoscience and humanities in an ethical debate that is starting to bear fruit, not only with the setting of regulations and standards, but also with educational initiatives in university teaching, professional improvement, and the conformation of public opinion. Interestingly, science fiction often plays a prominent speculative role in highlighting the pros and cons of potential scenarios.
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