Search results for "Anthropomorphism"

Free Action and Interventionist Theory of Causality

2019

Intendo discutere il rapporto tra la teoria interventista della causalità e l’azione libera. Gli approcci interventisti alla causalità definiscono la causazione sulla base dell’“intervento”. Queste teorie possono essere riduttive, se spiegano le cause in base all’intervento umano come libero intervento umano, oppure non-riduttive, se considerano cause e interventi come due concetti inter-definiti, dove gli interventi sono considerati come esplicitamente non umani. Intendo mostrare che il dilemma tra teorie interventista della causalità di tipo riduttivo e non-riduttivo può essere superato in favore degli approcci riduttivi, con riferimento a ciò che la causazione è in senso antropologico e …

Automation Inner Speech as an Anthropomorphic Feature Affecting Human Trust: Current Issues and Future Directions

2021

This paper aims to discuss the possible role of inner speech in influencing trust in human–automation interaction. Inner speech is an everyday covert inner monolog or dialog with oneself, which is essential for human psychological life and functioning as it is linked to self-regulation and self-awareness. Recently, in the field of machine consciousness, computational models using different forms of robot speech have been developed that make it possible to implement inner speech in robots. As is discussed, robot inner speech could be a new feature affecting human trust by increasing robot transparency and anthropomorphism.

Dog blogs as ventriloquism: Authentication of the human voice

2015

This paper looks at personal blogging by dog owners in an international, English language blogsite in which dog owners from around the world report and reflect upon their dogs and their lives with dogs, and do so by using the dog׳s voice. It approaches dog blogs as an example of the strategic use of pervasive but contentious anthropomorphic western discourses about animals and discusses how dog bloggers use anthropomorphism as a discursive means for crafting and collectively ratifying authenticity in a translocal, interest-driven and informal social media context in which traditional territorial and demographic parameters of authenticity are not easily available or relevant. More specifical…

“She Shuddered on her Throne and Made high Olympus Quake.” Causes, Effects and Meanings of the Divine Nemesis in Homer

2015

This article aims at exploring the Homeric gods’ sensitivity to a particular kind of indig- nation that is expressed in the Homeric po- ems by the term nemesis and by the verbal forms arising from it. My purpose is to an- alyse the passages that allow us to establish the causes of divine nemesis towards the mortals and the gods themselves, as well as their effects. This survey also represents an opportunity for investigating the relation between the attribution of emotions to the Greek gods and the anthropomorphic repre- sentation of the divine.

Anthropomorphism and social presence in Human–Virtual service assistant interactions: The role of dialog length and attitudes

2022

In this study, we delve into the perceived quality of recommendations provided by AI-based virtual service assistants (VSAs). Specifically, the role of the social presence of VSAs in influencing recommendation perceptions is investigated. We also explore how the social presence of a VSA is formed and how perceived anthropomorphism plays a vital role in shaping social presence and eventually instilling trust in VSAs among consumers. These relationships are examined in the context of online government services. The results indicate that consumer interaction with VSAs - manifesting via perceived anthropomorphism, social presence, dialog length, and attitudes - improves recommendation quality p…

Robot’s Inner Speech Effects on Human Trust and Anthropomorphism

2023

AbstractInner Speech is an essential but also elusive human psychological process that refers to an everyday covert internal conversation with oneself. We argued that programming a robot with an overt self-talk system that simulates human inner speech could enhance both human trust and users’ perception of robot’s anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, intelligence and safety. For this reason, we planned a pre-test/post-test control group design. Participants were divided in two different groups, one experimental group and one control group. Participants in the experimental group interacted with the robot Pepper equipped with an over inner speech system whereas participants in the control …

Altérité animale, dualisme et anthropomorphisme : la possibilité d'une "troisième voie"

2006

Technology acceptance of voice assistants : anthropomorphism as factor

2017

Teknologian omaksumista on tutkittu tietojärjestelmätieteissä vuosia, tarkoituksena selvittää mitkä tekijät vaikuttavat teknologian omaksumiseen. Nämä tutkimukset ovat tuottaneet erilaisia malleja, jotka selittävät tämän prosessin niin teknisestä, kuin motivaation näkökulmasta. Tämä tutkimus yrittää luoda mallin joka selittää teknologian omaksumisen, kun antropomorfismi on lisätty tekijäksi. Tätä mallia tutkitaan ääniavustajien kontekstissa. Tämä pro-gradu tutkielma koostuu kirjallisuuskatsauksesta, sekä empiirisestä tutkimuksesta. Kirjallisuuskatsaus osoittaa antropomorfismin voivan vaikuttaa käyttäjän käyttäytymiseen. Lisäksi katsaus tunnistaa sopivia tekijöitä, joilla mitata antropomorfi…