Robot Mindreading and the Problem of Trust [PDF]
This paper raises three questions regarding the attribution of beliefs, desires, and intentions to robots. The first one is whether humans in fact engage in robot mindreading. If they do, this raises a second question: does robot mindreading foster trust
Páez, Andrés
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Separation, Custody, and Estate Planning Issues Relating to Companion Animals [PDF]
This article first discusses the domestication of companion animals, including the impact of anthropomorphism and neoteny on how animals are viewed in U.S. society. Second, it reviews the current legal status of animals. Third, it considers the voluntary
Huss, Rebecca J.
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Charles Darwin’s final book on earthworms, 1881 [PDF]
This article focuses on the publication of Darwin’s final book (1881) in the context of Darwin’s larger attempts to resist the habitual anthropocentrism of human beings. It begins with Darwin’s discussion of animal cognition and the senses of worms.
Henchman, Anna A.
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Evaluation of an anthropomorphic user interface in a travel reservation context and affordances [PDF]
This paper describes an experiment and its results concerning research that has been going on for a number ofyears in the area of anthropomorphic user interface feedback.
Gee, A, Holt, PO, Murano, P
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The Reception of Hesiod by the Early Presocratics [PDF]
The early Presocratics’ major speculative and critical initiatives—in particular, Anaximander’s conceptions of the justice of the cosmos and of the apeiron as its archē and Xenophanes’s polemics against immorality and anthropomorphism in the depiction of
Miller, Mitchell
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Building brands and fan relationships through social media : the case of the Grand Slam tennis events : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sport and Exercise at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
Social media have become pervasive parts of society and modern consumer culture. However, sports scholars have noted a distinct lack of knowledge and understanding related to their use among sports properties.
Thompson, Ashleigh-Jane
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AnthroScore: A Computational Linguistic Measure of Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism, or the attribution of human-like characteristics to non-human entities, has shaped conversations about the impacts and possibilities of technology. We present AnthroScore, an automatic metric of implicit anthropomorphism in language. We
Cheng, Myra+3 more
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Exploring the balance between functionality and aesthetics: an analytical framework and pragmatic consideration of the anthropomorphism of service robots. [PDF]
Xin X, Liu W.
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A study on innovation resistance of artificial intelligence voice assistants based on privacy infringement and risk perception. [PDF]
Liu S, Cheon Y, Lee JY, Wang M, Liu N.
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Agentive linguistic framing affects responsibility assignments toward AIs and their creators. [PDF]
Petersen D, Almor A.
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