Abstract
In this paper we examine the question: 'Can artificial medical care agents care?' We believe that the standard response to such a question is 'No'. This response is premised in the argument that care requires internal emotional states that such agents lack. Counter to this, we explore arguments which belie this conclusion. We argue that artificial medical care agents may create an environment of care through certain types of expressive movement irrespective of the existence of internal emotional states or intention. We address three possible objections to this argument, and argue that none of these objections is lethal to our hypothesis. Finally, we examine evidence that such human-robot interactions do not involve us in regarding artificial entities as independent agents, but we note that this may change as robots become more ubiquitous and we evolve social and cognitive structures to accept them in our daily lives.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 50th Annual Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour , AISB 2014 - Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Apr 2014 → 4 Apr 2014 http://www.aisb50.org |
Conference
| Conference | 50th Annual Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour , AISB 2014 |
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| Abbreviated title | AISB-50 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Period | 1/04/14 → 4/04/14 |
| Other | The AISB 2014 Convention at Goldsmiths, University of London (hereafter AISB-50) will commemorate both 50 years since the founding of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (the AISB) and sixty years since the death of Alan Turing, founding father of both Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. The convention will be held at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK from the 1st to the 4th April 2014, and will follow the same overall structure as previous conventions. This will include a set of co-located symposia hosting events that include talks, posters, panels, discussions, demonstrations, and outreach sessions. |
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