5 páginas.-- El PDF del artículo es la versión post-print. ; Robot nannies may be viewed as a further step in technology development when they find a place at home complementing other household appliances, but their commercialization as emotional surrogates constitutes a qualitative jump in technical progress since, for the first time, machines are entering the intimate circle of human feelings. What type of robots to devise should not be a specialized debate confined to scientific grounds, but one that should concern everyone. It is crucial that society at large gets enough information and motivation to form an opinion concerning service/social robots. In this slippery terrain, science fiction may help clarify the role that the human being and the machine have to play in this "pas a deux" in which we are irremissibly engaged. ; Peer reviewed
Robbie, the pioneer robot nanny: Sciencefiction helps develop ethical social opinion
2010-01-01
doi:10.1075/is.11.2.15tor
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Electronic Resource
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