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Synthetic Friends

A Philosophy of Human-Machine Friendship
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211 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am28.09.20221st ed. 2022
This book explores the notion of whether we can be friends with machines in a philosophically meaningful way. Since social technology has made new forms of friendships possible between people across the globe, the author argues that the philosophical concept of friendship, forged thousands of years ago, should be re-examined.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThis book explores the notion of whether we can be friends with machines in a philosophically meaningful way. Since social technology has made new forms of friendships possible between people across the globe, the author argues that the philosophical concept of friendship, forged thousands of years ago, should be re-examined.
Zusammenfassung
Explores the notion that we can be friends with machines in a philosophically meaningful way

Argues in favor of those relationships potentially contributing to a good life

Outlines features of these synthetic friends and the friendships we may have with them
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-031-13630-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum28.09.2022
Auflage1st ed. 2022
Seiten211 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenIX, 211 p. 1 illus.
Artikel-Nr.16570835

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 - Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Why even?.-Chapter 3 - Critical Perspectives.- Chapter 4 - Social Philosophy of Technology.- Chapter 5 - Concepts and Theories of Friendship.- Chapter 6 - Digital Hermits.- Chapter 7 - Synthetic Friends .- Chapter 8 - Social Integration.- Chapter 9 - Criticism.- Chapter 10 - Almost a conclusionmehr
Kritik
"Regardless of whether the reader is predisposed to accept or reject the idea of synthetic friends, reading this book is time well spent." (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, April 13, 2023)mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Hendrik Kempt is Research Associate at the Applied Ethics Group at RWTH Aachen, Germany. He was previously a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California and Brown University, USA. He is editor of RuPaul's Drag Race and Philosophy (2020) and author of "Chatbots and the Domestication of AI" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) as well as several articles on the topic of human-machine interaction.