Intelligent Machines as Racialized Other

Our narratives about intelligent machines reprise the same modes in which humans have historically dealt with "other" groups of humans, especially during the era of colonialism. This book explores how examining the emotions underlying our narratives about intelligent machines provides insights into the human psyche.

Autorentext

Min-Sun Kim (PhD Communication) is a Professor in the School of Communication and Information at the University of Hawai i at M noa. With a body of work that includes over 120 scholarly articles and books, her research spans a wide range of topics contributing to better understanding and collaboration across cultural and technological divides.

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Preface Acknowledgements The Birth of Human Self and the Creation of Machinic Other (Dis)continuity between Humans and Non- Humans Machines as "Frightening Other": Fear Machines as "Subhuman Other": Disdain Machines as "Substitute Other": Indifference Machines as "Sentient Other": Empathy Machines as "Divine Other": Wonder- Awe Machines as "Salvific Other": Death Anxiety Colonialist Construction of Machinic Otherness Machines as "Marginalized Other": Anthropocentrism Machines as "Fetishized Other": Exoticism Colonialist Ethics Toward Intelligent Machines Rethinking Ethical Encounters with Intelligent Machines Transcending Karmic Dilemma Epilogue Afterword Index.