NDLI: Long-term relationships as a benchmark for robot personhood

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	MacDorman, K.F. Cowley, S.J.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: Sch. of Informatics, Indiana Univ. (MacDorman, K.F.)
Abstract	The human body constructs itself into a person by becoming attuned to the affective consequences of its actions in social relationships. Norms develop that ground perception and action, providing standards for appraising conduct. The body finds itself motivated to enact itself as a character in the drama of life, carving from its beliefs, intentions, and experiences a unique identity and perspective. If a biological body can construct itself into a person by exploiting social mechanisms, could an electromechanical body, a robot, do the same? To qualify for personhood, a robot body must be able to construct its own identity, to assume different roles, and to discriminate in forming friendships. Though all these conditions could be considered benchmarks of personhood, the most compelling benchmark, for which the above mentioned are prerequisites, is the ability to sustain long-term relationships. Long-term relationships demand that a robot continually recreate itself as it scripts its own future. This benchmark may be contrasted with those of previous research, which tend to define personhood in terms that are trivial, subjective, or based on assumptions about moral universals. Although personhood should not in principle be limited to one species, the most humanlike of robots are best equipped for reciprocal relationships with human beings
Starting Page	378
Ending Page	383
File Size	144384
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424405645
DOI	10.1109/ROMAN.2006.314463
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-09-06
Publisher Place	UK
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Testing Orbital robotics Intelligent robots Human robot interaction Humanoid robots Machine intelligence Standards development Appraisal Ethics Helium
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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