Autonomy is an “intrinsically human term”: it is precisely due to the use of this concept that “we attribute [machines]...
“The conceptual metaphor ‘black box’ was originally an engineering term for any component designed to take in certain kinds of...
“The ‘electronic brain’ has proven to be a product of 20th century mythology. But, myths die hard. The appalling ignorance...
“Frankenstein complex” is Isaac Asimov’s concept for describing “the fear that the general public has towards human-made technologies when they...
« The first methods for representing human activities on computers were derived from the work-rationalization methods that industrial engineers had...
The conception of AI as a Large Technical System (LTS) – system artefact, system technology, infrastructural technology (Vannuccini & Prytkova...
social perception of robots
“Contrary to conventional wisdom, having a human in the loop in decision-making tasks does not appear to alleviate automation bias....
“Absence of discussion of the role played by programmers and other human actors in creating AI is another problem in...
“An AI system consists of a computational artefact together with the human behaviour and people who make the artefact a...
“…the view that material forces, and especially the properties of available technologies, determine social events. […] the central idea us...
Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt proposes that every species inhabits a unique “world” that is constructed based on their own abilities...
Illustration by Israel Chávez