Instrumentalizing Aspects of Social Robots: A Philosophy of Technology Perspective

摘要

Robotics has created a new way of how technology mediates human action. With robotics, technology works autonomously to accomplish human mechanical jobs. Its autonomous functions have now been developed for social robots. Although for the most part they are not humanoid or android, like in science-fiction movies, they are designed to perform actions that resemble human intelligence. This paper explains the instrumentalizing aspects of social robots from a philosophy of technology perspective. I will describe three instrumentalizing aspects of social robots: language, skill, and AI technology.