Authors
Peter H Kahn Jr, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Batya Friedman, Takayuki Kanda, Nathan G Freier, Rachel L Severson, Jessica Miller
Publication date
2007/1/1
Journal
Interaction Studies
Volume
8
Issue
3
Pages
363-390
Publisher
John Benjamins
Description
In this paper, we move toward offering psychological benchmarks to measure success in building increasingly humanlike robots. By psychological benchmarks we mean categories of interaction that capture conceptually fundamental aspects of human life, specified abstractly enough to resist their identity as a mere psychological instrument, but capable of being translated into testable empirical propositions. Nine possible benchmarks are considered: autonomy, imitation, intrinsic moral value, moral accountability, privacy, reciprocity, conventionality, creativity, and authenticity of relation. Finally, we discuss how getting the right group of benchmarks in human–robot interaction will, in future years, help inform on the foundational question of what constitutes essential features of being human.
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