1. Johan Eklund
Johan Eklund, Cand. Psych
thatrobotfellow@gmail.com
@lowimagination
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An investigation of
our psychological
reactions to
humanlike robots

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Robot definition:

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Robot definition:
- A subjective
experience of
intentionality/agency
(Anthropomorphism)

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Robot definition:
- A subjective
experience of
intentionality/agency
(Anthropomorphism)

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Robot definition:
- A subjective
experience of
intentionality/agency
(Anthropomorphism)
Heider & Simmel, 1944

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Robot definition:
- A subjective
experience of
intentionality/agency
(Anthropomorphism)
- Physical object
Heider & Simmel, 1944

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Psychological reactions to robots are a
heterogenous group of phenomena

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“The uncanny valley” - Masahiro Mori, 1970

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“The uncanny valley” - Masahiro Mori, 1970

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“The uncanny valley” - Masahiro Mori, 1970

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MacDorman & Ishiguro, 2006

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Hanson, 2006

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Sayama & Nagayama 2007

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Sayama & Nagayama 2007

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Increasing approximation of human

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Increasing approximation of human

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Appearance

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Appearance

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Appearance
Movement

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Appearance
Movement

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Appearance
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Immediate reactions
Movement
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Immediate reactions
Movement Mediated reactions
Behavior (e.g. talk)

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Appearance
Immediate reactions
Movement Mediated reactions
Behavior (e.g. talk) Reflective reactions

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
“Averageness”

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
“Averageness”

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
“Averageness”

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Enlarged features

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Enlarged features

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Enlarged features

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Repliee Q2

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Mediated reactions:
Classification problems

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Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Christopher Ramey

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Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Christopher Ramey
not alive

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Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Christopher Ramey
not alive alive

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Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Christopher Ramey
not alive alive

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Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Christopher Ramey
not alive alive
Sorites paradox:
“When does a heap of sand
stop being a heap?”

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety
Irvin Yalom

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety
Irvin Yalom
Psychological defenses:

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety
Irvin Yalom
Psychological defenses:
1. The Ultimate Rescuer

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety
Irvin Yalom
Psychological defenses:
1. The Ultimate Rescuer
2. Specialness

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety
Irvin Yalom
Psychological defenses:
1. The Ultimate Rescuer
2. Specialness
“If Iʼm only an object then I have no special
status in the world”

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Mediated reactions:
Classification problems

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety

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Immediate reactions:
Attractiveness
Mediated reactions:
Classification problems
Reflective reactions:
Death anxiety
Our “forgiving” reaction on the
abstract expression

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Scott McCloud - Understanding Comics (1993)

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Symbolic communication
is an effective system
for operating with
semantic concepts

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Analog
Symbolic communication
is an effective system
for operating with
semantic concepts

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Symbolic Analog
Symbolic communication
is an effective system
for operating with
semantic concepts

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“Immediate understanding”
Symbolic Analog
Symbolic communication
is an effective system
for operating with
semantic concepts

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“Semantic focus” “Immediate understanding”
Symbolic Analog
Symbolic communication
is an effective system
for operating with
semantic concepts

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Manfredo Massironi - The Psychology of Graphic Images (2002)

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Our “forgiving” reaction on the abstract expression

86. Carnegie Mellon University

87. RI-MAN, Riken

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Displacement of
responsibility
“The machine
makes the
decisions isolated
and therefore the
human operator
can not be held
responsible”
Lin et al., in press
California State
Polytechnic University

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Displacement of
responsibility Oath based on
human-rights,
“The machine responsibility of
makes the scientists and
decisions isolated transparency (“hacker-
and therefore the codex”)
human operator +
can not be held Insurance
responsible”
Brace et al, in press
Lin et al., in press Helsinki University
California State
Polytechnic University

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