fraking robots, dude!
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Fraking Robots, Dude!
By Sharon Greenfield
Can Humans Create a Robot Society?
• Mimic human development process
• Teach robots to learn to be socially intelligent
• Robot culture recursively created via language
Cognitive Design of Robots
• Most robots are designed without regards to social behaviour
• Interaction dynamics matters; context via language
• Use imitation to augment social interaction while engaged in robot language learning
Lil’ Bit O’ History Written in 1920 Karel Capek’s R.U.R.:
(Rossum's Universal Robots)
Czech English ‘robota’ = ‘slave labor’
Lil’ Bit O’ History Written in 1920 Karel Capek’s R.U.R.:
(Rossum's Universal Robots)
Czech English ‘robota’ = ‘slave labor’
1. Acquire soul 2. Rebel against ‘owner’ 3. Attempt annihilation of
said ‘owner’
Robot Artificial Intelligence Android
Cyborg Artificial General
Intelligence
Developmental Psychology
What is it? • Lifespan physical, cognitive, and social
change Why does it matter?
• Nature/Nurture • Process • Change
Psychogenesis v Sociogenesis Jean Piaget = Cognitive Constructivism
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Psychogenesis v Sociogenesis Lev S. Vygotsky = Social Constructivism
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Piaget Framework
Emphasis: 1. Sensorimotor period (Ages 0-2yrs): Learn via senses,
touch, movement. Very egocentric. 2. Preoperational period (Ages 2-7) : Better motor skills,
object orientation. Very intuitive. 3. Concrete operations period (Ages 7-12) : Large logical
leaps ability. No longer egocentric. 4. Formal operations period (Ages 12-15): Ability of logic,
abstract reasoning, hypothetical thought.
Vygotsky Framework
Emphasis: • Cognitive development changes per
cultural and historical factors • Acquire cultural tools via social
interactions • Symbolic knowledge acquisition • Language is key to cognitive development
Gah Gah Gah Goo… Using the Vygotsky framework one might:
• Socially interact with robot via imitation • Synchronization, create interaction dynamic • Teach a proto-language; per each movement, a meaning/specific ‘word’.
Gah Gah Gah Goo… Using the Vygotsky framework reply could be:
• Study language transition • Track the autonomous response • Track the robot-human interaction patterns • No dirty diapers
Culture Culture
Language Language
HUMAN ROBOT
BROADER IMPLICATIONS
Language History
Culture Language
Culture + Language + History = Society
Societal Existence
Thanks to Aubrey and Ren for
consultation, to all the hardworking
Ignite organizers and volunteers, and to
the Portland community for being
interested!
-Sharon
human.factor.one@ gmail.com
Billard, A. & Dautenhahn, K. 1999. Studying robot social cognition within a developmental psychology framework. Proc. Eurobot99, Third European Workshop on Advanced Mobile Robots, September 1999, Switzerland.
Ishiguro, H. & MacDorman, K. 2006. The uncanny advantage of using androids in cognitive and social science research. Interaction Studies, 7:3, 297-337.
Activity InterPretation Project, University of Vienna http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/projects/actipret/robot.html
References and Thank You