Anthropomorphism and Anthropocentrism
With robotics and artificial intelligence our machines are becoming more human-like. With technological, pharmacological, and biological augmentation we are becoming more machine-like. As we anthropomorphize machines we must avoid the anthropocentric hubris that we humans will forever reign supreme. I consider future scenarios of the singularity, transhumanism, and robot ethics.
Citation:
Russell Belk (2016) ,"Anthropomorphism and Anthropocentrism", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 44, eds. Page Moreau, Stefano Puntoni, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 42-47.
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Russell Belk, York University, Canada
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 44 | 2016
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