The in-between machine: The unique value proposition of a robot or why we are modelling the wrong things

Johannes Ferdinand Hoorn; Elly A. Konijn; Desmond M. Germans; Sander Burger; Annemiek Munneke

The in-between machine: The unique value proposition of a robot or why we are modelling the wrong things

Johannes Ferdinand Hoorn, Elly A. Konijn, Desmond M. Germans, Sander Burger, Annemiek Munneke

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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Abstract

We avow that we as researchers of artificial intelligence may have properly modelled psychological theories but that we overshot our goal when it came to easing loneliness of elderly people by means of social robots. Following the event of a documentary film shot about our flagship machine Hanson's Robokind "Alice" together with supplementary observations and research results, we changed our position on what to model for usefulness and what to leave to basic science. We formulated a number of effects that a social robot may provoke in lonely people and point at those imperfections in machine performance that seem to be tolerable. We moreover make the point that care offered by humans is not necessarily the most preferred - even when or sometimes exactly because emotional concerns are at stake.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICAART 2015 - 7th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings
Publisher	SciTePress
Pages	464-469
Number of pages	6
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897580741
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 10 Jan 2015 → 12 Jan 2015

Conference

Conference	7th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2015
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	10/01/15 → 12/01/15

Keywords

Human care
Interaction design
Loneliness
Modelling
Social robotics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Software

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Hoorn, JF, Konijn, EA, Germans, DM, Burger, S & Munneke, A 2015, The in-between machine: The unique value proposition of a robot or why we are modelling the wrong things. in ICAART 2015 - 7th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings. vol. 2, SciTePress, pp. 464-469, 7th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, 10/01/15.

The in-between machine: The unique value proposition of a robot or why we are modelling the wrong things. / Hoorn, Johannes Ferdinand; Konijn, Elly A.; Germans, Desmond M. et al.
ICAART 2015 - 7th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings. Vol. 2 SciTePress, 2015. p. 464-469.

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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