The Commonplace of Man in the Times of Anthropomorphic and Intelligent Robots
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26485/AI/2020/22/6Keywords:
commonplace of man, anthropomorphic robot, an ideal of corporeality, artificial intelligence, new media artAbstract
The objective of this paper is to discuss the commonplace of man in relation to the theory of mimesis in the context of the analysis of current examples of anthropomorphic and intelligent robots. Two aspects of the analysis have been taken into consideration. The first one is linked with the similarities of such robots to the idealized human body and the second one acknowledges mental similarities between the robots and humans, which entail the question of artificial intelligence. Most of the quoted examples derive from the world of art which has become an interdisciplinary area of collaboration between artists and engineers. This contribution contains a comparative study and a part of it, in many cases, involves the contributor’s observations on the presented intelligent robots.
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