Machine Sensation : Anthropomorphism and 'Natural' Interaction with Nonhumans.

London : Open Humanities Press, 2020.

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The title of this book is designed to provoke two lines of thought. First, there is the incredible effect of anthropomorphic machines on human imagination and culture. Anthropomorphism has a power to direct attention away from the alien nature of a technological object. Second, the philosophical study of the way machines sense and act in their worlds is essential for breaking free of the anthropomorphic effect. Tessa Leach argues that this is the foundation upon which we must base a study of technologies without undue emphasis on their human origins, which often means breaking free of the way that we.

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Artificial intelligence.
Intelligence artificielle.
artificial intelligence.

Discursive works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Tessa Leach