Robots that Talk and Listen: Technology and Social ImpactJudith Markowitz Robots That Talk and Listen provides a forward-looking examination of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and social perspectives. Contributors address cultural foundations as well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to function effectively in real-world settings. Among the most difficult and complex is the ability to understand and use language. Speech-enabled automata are already serving as interactive toys, teacher’s aides, and research assistants. These robots will soon be joined by personal companions, industrial co-workers, and military support automata. The social impact of these and other robots extends well beyond the specific tasks they perform. Contributors tackle the most knotty of those issues, notably acceptance of advanced, speech-enabled robots and developing ethical and moral controls for robots. Topics in this book include: • Language and Beyond: The True Meaning of “Speech Enabled” |
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... participants the boundary between humans and machines is blurred . They view robots as peers - friends , study - buddies , and even caretakers - rather than as tools . Based on these findings , we recommend ways in which robots , speech ...
... participants room to express themselves creatively in some form while grounding that activity in specific research questions. Generative research can be powerful for unlocking concepts and ideas that aren't necessarily easy to ...
... participation in a number of online activities. Latitude employed a coding scheme to score the presence of specific themes in children's inventions (e.g., type of interface, degree of interactivity, physical-digital convergence, and ...
... participants in South Africa and India imagined computers that would assist with or output knowledge ( such as help solving a math problem ) , and 74 % of kids in those regions envisioned technologies that aided with real - world tasks ...
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Robots That Talk and Listen: Technology and Social Impact Judith Markowitz No preview available - 2015 |
Robots that Talk and Listen: Technology and Social Impact Judith A. Markowitz No preview available - 2014 |