Invited talk given at Eton College - 2010

1. From
Emo'onal
Consciousness
to
Buddy
Devices
Dr.
Aladdin
Ayesh
Department
of
Informa'cs,
De
Mon?ort
University
email:
aayesh@dmu.ac.uk;
URL:
www.aladdin-­‐ayesh.info
Social
Robots
Invited
talk
given
at
Eton
College
-­‐
2010

2. Agenda
• Introduc'on
• From
theory
to
prac'ce
• Provocateurs
• Day
to
day
devices
• Ethical
issues
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talk
given
at
Eton
College
-­‐
2010

3. INTRODUCTION
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4. Social
Robots?
• Social
robots
merges
several
fields
together:
– Sociology
– Psychology
– Biology
– Physiology
– Art
– Ar'ficial
Intelligence
– Engineering
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Eton
College
-­‐
2010

5. Social
Robots
• Examples:
– Aibo
plays
with
a
cat:
hSp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKAeihiy5Ck
– NAO
walking:
hSp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STTNYNF4lk
– Our
AIBO
playing
football:
hSp://blip.tv/file/2174008/
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2010

6. Dimensions
• There
are
3
par'cular
aspects
of
the
social
side
of
social
robots
that
are
s'll
challenging:
– Emo'ons
– Personality
– Social
norms
• However,
emo'ons
are
the
most
challenging
of
them
all,
why?
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talk
given
at
Eton
College
-­‐
2010

7. Ar'ficial
Consciousness
• Oscillators,
electro
signals,
moving
organisms,
cells,
connec'ons:
neural
system
• Within
our
neural
system
all
aspects
of
cogni'on,
e.g.
thinking,
learning,
memorizing,
happen
without
explana'on.
• BUT
…
We
have
an
explana'on
system,
a
self-­‐diagnosis
system
enables
us
to
trace
the
process,
really?
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Eton
College
-­‐
2010

8. Ar'ficial
Consciousness
• Well
most
of
the
'me!
• We
can
break
the
signal
into
a
smaller
chunks
and
associate
these
chunks
with
concepts
• We
can
translate
the
hardwired
neurons
into
spa'al
maps,
structured
proposi'ons,
sequence
of
events
and
ac'ons,
etc.
• This
is
the
process
of
reasoning
that
is
the
elementary
results
of
being
conscious.
So
…
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-­‐
2010

9. Ar'ficial
Consciousness
• What
does
consciousness
mean?
• No
precise
single
defini'on!
• Why
is
it
important
to
social
robots?
• Because
Sonny
from
iRobot
says
so
J
• Seriously
…
One
needs
to
know
one’s
self
before
recognizing
others
and
the
rela'onships
in-­‐between.
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Eton
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-­‐
2010

10. FROM
THEORY
TO
PRACTICE
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11. What
is
a
Buddy
Device?
• What
is
the
device
you
most
use?
– Mobile
phone
– Sat
Nav
– TV
remote
control
• How
could
these
be
social
robots?
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Eton
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-­‐
2010

12. Intelligent
Spaces
• Robots
=>
Agents
• Intelligent
spaces
have
embedded
agents
to
manage
them.
• One
of
these
agents
is
a
social
agent
that
knows
your
name
and
preferences.
• What
problems
do
you
think
we
may
have?
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2010

13. Virtual
World
• Second
Life
• Game
consoles
• The
future
is
in-­‐between
Augmented
Reali'es
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2010

14. Medical
Devices
–
Cyborg
• Social
robots
applica'ons
in
medical
area
are
many,
specially
medical
care.
• Ar'ficial
limbs
are
an
important
one,
especially,
limbs
that
func'on
fully.
– Sensing
– Motor
mo'on
– Physiology
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15. PROVOCATEURS
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16. Emo'on
is
Consciousness
• What
is
the
difference
between:
– Sensa'on
– Feeling
– Emo'on
• In
my
opinion,
the
answer
is
the
level
of
consciousness
and
self-­‐awareness
each
requires.
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Eton
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-­‐
2010

17. Ar'ficial
Skin
and
Nano-­‐material
• Look
at
your
hand
what
do
you
see?
– Skin
– Sensing
pads
– Sensor
network
– All
of
the
above?
• We
can
create
a
sensate
network
to
simulate
the
skin,
but
how
can
it
self-­‐repair?
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2010

18. DAY
TO
DAY
DEVICES
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19. Mobile
Telephones
• Socializing
with
your
Phone
• Socializing
through
your
Phone
• Your
phone
socializes
on
your
behave
• Falling
in
love
with
your
phone
and
living
in
harmony
forever!
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20. Avatars
• What
do
you
think
an
Avatar
is?
– Movie
'tle
– Graphic
representa'on
from
my
picture
– Graphic
projec'on
of
what
I
think
or
like
to
be
– My
Facebook,
MySpace,
Bebo
profile
• What
is
the
social
norms
of
your
social
(e-­‐)life?
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21. ETHICAL
ISSUES
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22. Free
Will
and
Responsibility
• If
the
machine
has
emo'ons,
does
that
mean
it
has
free
will?
• If
the
machine
has
free
will,
can
we
prosecute
a
machine?
• If
we
can
prosecute
a
machine,
does
that
mean
no
responsibility
fall
upon
the
maker,
the
operator,
the
owner?
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2010

23. ASachment
and
Death
• The
story
of
the
switched-­‐off
AIBO!
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24. Other
Legal
Issues
• Nano
material
out
of
labs
• Merging
human
and
machine
• Liability
• Status
–
Bicentarian
Man!
• Rights
–
rights
of
the
machine,
human
owns
it
or
represented
by,
rela'ves,
and
neighbors
(which
ones?)
• Etc.
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2010

25. CONCLUSION
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2010

26. Summary
• Introduc'on
–
dimensions
of
social
robots
• From
theory
to
prac'ce
–
ideas
for
projects
• Provocateurs
–
being
argumenta've
and
futuris'c
• Day
to
day
devices
–
reality
• Ethical
issues
–
from
simple
robot
to
responsible
ethical
agent
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talk
given
at
Eton
College
-­‐
2010

27. ?
QUESTIONS
?
Dr.Aladdin
Ayesh
email:
aayesh@dmu.ac.uk;
URL:
www.aladdin-­‐ayesh.info
AISB2010 Convention:
http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb10/Welcome.html
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talk
given
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Eton
College
-­‐
2010