[BNM] [OT] Event: Love in the time of robotica

[Michael Rose]

If you've got some spare time on Wednesday, before heading on to the
Farm...


EVENT: Challenging relationships? Love, Companionship and Robots

A Talk at Bellerbys College - Wednesday 28th of January at 7.30 

With Dr Kathleen Richardson (Department of Social Anthropology,
Cambridge)
Dr. Blay Whitby (lecturer at Sussex University)


DETAILS:

The field of social robotics has been in serious development for around
the last ten years and is at the point where robots are starting to play
a role in our everyday lives. Using robots as carers for the elderly has
been floated in Japan, research projects are afoot to use robots to
teach autistic children about sociality and the possibility of a robot
lover is on the horizon. But how far will this relationship go? What
will we use the robots of the future for and what does our relationship
with them say about us?

Kathleen Richardson will introduce the topic and Blay Whitby will add
his thoughts before an audience discussion.

Dr Kathleen Richardson is Departmental Research Associate at
Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge. She has written on how
humans relate to robots and was a visiting researcher at the Humanoid
Robotics Lab, MIT Boston.

Dr. Blay Whitby is a lecturer at Sussex University and the author of
several books including Artificial Intelligence: A beginner's guide and
he works on the ethics of robotics. A recent talk of his was called 'Do
you want a robot lover?'

The Salon will take place on Wednesday 28th of January at 7.00 or 7.30
(tea served before) at Bellerbys College, 1 Billinton Way, Brighton; the
college is to be found a short walk from the back entrance of Brighton
Station).

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