Can a Robot Be a Good Colleague?
This paper discusses the robotization of the workplace, and particularly the question of whether robots can be good colleagues. This might appear to be a strange question at first glance, but it is worth asking for two reasons. Firstly, some people already treat robots they work alongside as if the...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 2169 - 2189 |
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