Taking a strong interactional stance

Journal Article (2023)
Author(s)

Frank Förster (University of Hertfordshire)

Frank Broz (TU Delft - Interactive Intelligence)

Mark Neerincx (TU Delft - Interactive Intelligence)

DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001455 Final published version
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Journal title
The Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume number
46
Article number
e29
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Abstract

We outline two points of criticism. Firstly, we argue that robots do constitute a separate category of beings in people's minds rather than being mere depictions of non-robotic characters. Secondly, we find that (semi-)automatic processes underpinning communicative interaction play a greater role in shaping robot-directed speech than Clark and Fischer's theory of social robots as depictions indicate.