In this episode, Sven and John talk about relationships with machines. Can you collaborate with a machine? Can robots be friends, colleagues or, perhaps, even lovers? These are common tropes in science fiction and popular culture, but is there any credibility to them? What would the ethical status of such relationships be? Should they be welcomed or avoided? These are just some of the questions addressed in this episode. You can download the episode here or listen below. You can also subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon and a range of other podcasting services. Recommended Reading Evans, Robbins and Bryson - 'Do we collaborate with what we design?' Helen Ryland - 'It's Friendship Jim But Not as We Know It: A Degrees-of-Friendship View of Human–Robot Friendships' #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Subscribe to the newsletter

Philosophical Disquisitions

[email protected] (John Danaher)

TITE 8 - Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers

DEC 20, 2023-1 MIN
Philosophical Disquisitions

TITE 8 - Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers

DEC 20, 2023-1 MIN

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<!--wp:paragraph--> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInX2XOW_XojVtB4L_oN-Ohc02rL7zndccwiM1lcigx2U47JYpbDRORPQ2_jLD3ZprYvQIyejHvCC1zcTO4XGzHRsDk12jXIbatCgm_Gosk09TH5OT4zjitlCXSN3wqoqKqkbwJ0KEsJ1m1JPDsvNQxfFZ6z8DyvI7wY0FemocyyHmvBY3VB1Ejectzfk/s1400/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2010.29.08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInX2XOW_XojVtB4L_oN-Ohc02rL7zndccwiM1lcigx2U47JYpbDRORPQ2_jLD3ZprYvQIyejHvCC1zcTO4XGzHRsDk12jXIbatCgm_Gosk09TH5OT4zjitlCXSN3wqoqKqkbwJ0KEsJ1m1JPDsvNQxfFZ6z8DyvI7wY0FemocyyHmvBY3VB1Ejectzfk/w640-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2010.29.08.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, Sven and John talk about relationships with machines. Can you collaborate with a machine? Can robots be friends, colleagues or, perhaps, even lovers? These are common tropes in science fiction and popular culture, but is there any credibility to them? What would the ethical status of such relationships be? Should they be welcomed or avoided? These are just some of the questions addressed in this episode.</p> <!--/wp:paragraph--> <!--wp:paragraph--> <p>You can download the episode <a href="https://archive.org/download/episode-8-friends-colleagues-lovers/Episode%208%20-%20Friends%2C%20Colleagues%2C%20Lovers.mp3">here</a> or listen below. You can also subscribe to the podcast on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-technology-ethics/id1708377677">Apple</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/00iFt9ePf037Tudedd6yP5">Spotify</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90ZWNobm9sb2d5ZXRoaWNzcG9kLndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20vY2F0ZWdvcnkvcG9kY2FzdC9mZWVkLw==">Google</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://q4k0kx5j.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fmusic.amazon.co.uk%2Fpodcasts%2Fa41a4607-4ed8-456b-a0c8-f445cd548e89/1/0100018ab7ee556f-e484db15-6f38-455f-8faa-78671f223c86-000000/q9ktagh5VleSqLpki2gT4yiOwD0=340">Amazon</a>&nbsp;and a range of other podcasting services.</p> <!--/wp:paragraph--> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="60" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/episode-8-friends-colleagues-lovers" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="500"></iframe> <!--wp:paragraph--> <p><strong>Recommended Reading</strong></p> <!--/wp:paragraph--> <!--wp:list--> <ul><!--wp:list-item--> <li>Evans, Robbins and Bryson - '<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.12682">Do we collaborate with what we design</a>?'</li> <!--/wp:list-item--> <!--wp:list-item--> <li>Helen Ryland - '<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11023-021-09560-z">It's Friendship Jim But Not as We Know It: A Degrees-of-Friendship View of Human–Robot Friendships</a>' </li> <!--/wp:list-item--></ul> <!--/wp:list--> <!--Begin MailChimp Signup Form--> <style type="text/css"> #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ </style> <div id="mc_embed_signup"> <form action="//blogspot.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=58eb058b33241976ce21bc706&amp;id=5cb9ef6d67" class="validate" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" method="post" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" novalidate="" target="_blank"> <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll"> <label>Subscribe to the newsletter</label> <input class="email" id="mce-EMAIL" name="EMAIL" required="" type="email" value="" /> <!--real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--> <div aria-hidden="true" style="left: -5000px; position: absolute;"><input name="b_58eb058b33241976ce21bc706_5cb9ef6d67" tabindex="-1" type="text" value="" /></div> <div class="clear"><input class="button" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" name="subscribe" type="submit" value="Subscribe" /></div> </div> </form> </div> <!--End mc_embed_signup-->