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1. 1. Ambivalent encounters : A feminist exploration of human and feminised AI humanoid relations

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

   Author : Sara Margret Sigurdardottir; [2022]
   Keywords : Artificial intelligence; robot embodiment; Klara and the Sun; artist robot; sex robots; affect; human-machine relations;

   Abstract : Machines encoded with artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly having influence in human social realms. Rapid technological advances have propelled encounters between humans and embodied AI humanoids from a subject of science fiction to a real-world phenomenon. READ MORE

3. 2. Defining the Voice of Montreal: Exploring Possibilities for Human-Machine Companionship

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Malik Dehbi Talbot; [2020]
   Keywords : critical posthumanism; artificial intelligence; virtual assistant; tourism; science and technology studies; human-machine relationships; voicebot; labor relations; companion; sociomaterial assemblage; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the possibility for (re)defining the relationship between humans and robots with conversational interfaces. It does so by looking at the creation process of a voice and text-based virtual assistant for tourists from the perspective of critical posthumanism and posthuman performativity. READ MORE