Artefacts of Change: The Disruptive Nature of Humanoid Robots Beyond Classificatory Concerns.
One characteristic of socially disruptive technologies is that they have the potential to cause uncertainty about the application conditions of a concept i.e., they are conceptually disruptive. Humanoid robots have done just this, as evidenced by discussions about whether, and under what conditions,...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 1 - 18 |
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Apr2025
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