Love and sex with robots : third International Conference, LSR 2017, London, UK, December 19-20, 2017, Revised selected papers /: third International Conference, LSR 2017, London, UK, December 19-20, 2017, Revised selected papers. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: LSR 2017
• Further Information: Note: Adrian David Cheok, David Levy (eds.).
• Editors: Cheok, Adrian David; Lévy, David
• Other Names: LSR (Conference), 3rd
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Organization; Keynote Speeches; "Man as an End in Himself"-the Libertine, the Culture of Sadism, Porn and Sex Robots; Can Robots and Humans Make Babies Together?; Contents; SSML for Sex Robots; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Robotic Sex and Sex Robots; 3 Foundations of Speech Synthesis; 4 SSML for Sex Robots; 4.1 General Options of SSML; 4.2 Specific Proposals for Sex Robots; 5 Brief Ethical Discussion; 6 Summary and Outlook; References; Being Riajuu [4648931En2FigaPrint.eps]; 1 Introduction; 2 Being riajuu; 2.1 Introduction of the Term; 3 Riajuu and phenomenology. 3.1 Riajuu and fulfilment3.2 Riajuu and ``Resistance''; 4 Two Different Kinds of ``Digital'' Other; 4.1 The ``Digital Other'' in a Virtual Reality; 4.2 The ``Digital Other'' in the Everyday World; 4.3 Riajuu and the Digital Other in a Virtual Reality; 4.4 Riajuu and the Digital Other in the Everyday World; 5 Conclusions; References; Virtual Sex: Good, Bad or Ugly?; 1 Introduction; 2 Advances in Sexbot; 3 Sex Dolls; 4 Hiring Sex Dolls; 5 Virtual Sex; 6 Good, Bad or Ugly?; 7 Conclusion; References; Posthuman Desire in Robotics and Science Fiction; Abstract; 1 Introduction. 2 The Vision: Love and Sex with Robots3 Ethical Concerns; 4 Theories of Affect and Posthuman Desire; 4.1 Affect and Desire in Spinoza, Deleuze and Critical Posthumanism; 4.2 Networks of Desire; 5 Intimate Human-Posthuman Relationships in Con-Temporary Science Fiction Film and Literature and Ro ... ; 5.1 Science Fiction Film; 5.2 Posthuman Love Affairs in Science Fiction Literature; 5.3 Intimate Touches and Strange Gazes in Robotic Art; 6 Conclusion; References; Lying Cheating Robots -- Robots and Infidelity; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Nature of Love; 2 Fidelity, Faithfulness and Loyalty. 3 Attraction, Jealousy and Infidelity3.1 Power in the Bedroom; 4 Lying, Cheating Robots; 5 Conclusion; References; Neurodildo: A Mind-Controlled Sex Toy with E-stim Feedback for People with Disabilities; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 2.1 Disability and Sexuality; 2.2 Sex Toys for Disabled People; 2.3 Long-Distance Relationship as a Possibility; 2.4 Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI); 3 Design Process; 3.1 System Overview; 3.2 Design of the Sex Toy; 3.3 The BCI -- Emotiv EPOC; 3.4 Pressure to E-stim Feedback; 4 System Description and User Scenarios; 5 Technical Evaluation. 5.1 Vibration Patterns and Intensities5.2 Pressure Sensing Function; 5.3 BCI -- Emotiv Test; 5.4 The E-stim Test; 6 Conclusion; 6.1 Future Work; References; Selling Techno-futurism: Exploring Pepper's Images and Discourses Taiwanese News Media Make; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Review; 3 Research Method; 4 Pepper in Taiwanese News Media; 4.1 Education: What is Pepper?; 4.2 Promises: Service and Social Problems; 4.3 Reality: Pepper and Its Problems in Real Life; 4.4 Problems: Problems Pepper Might Cause; 4.5 Metaphors: Pepper's Position and Gender; 5 Conclusion; Acknowledgement.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 169 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 629.8/924019; Computer science; Human-robot interaction -- Congresses; Artificial intelligence; Computer Communication Networks; Software engineering; Human-robot interaction; Computers -- Hardware -- Network Hardware; Computers -- Expert Systems; Computers -- Data Processing; Computers -- Social Aspects -- Human-Computer Interaction; Network hardware; Expert systems / knowledge-based systems; Information technology: general issues; Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Artificial intelligence; Computing Milieux; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319763699; 3319763695; 3319763687; 9783319763682
• Related ISBNs: 9783319763682
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 5, 2018).
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