What is a robot?
Affective computing and personal robots (Cynthia Breazeal)
Automation
Beyond humanoid existence vs. uncanny valley
Feelings and emotional purposes (Robot & Frank, Her)
[SPOILER ALERT for Her 10:15–11:15]
What’s shklerm?
Instinct vs. knowledge
The Twitter bot that became racist
The Chinese Room
Can a robot be a good consultant?
Akinator
Commercial: Escape the Rum
What’s the difference between a robot and a tool?
A refrigerating animal, the “wild freezer mammoth”
Can a robot make ethical decisions?
Robots and war
If a robot can fool you into thinking it feels, does it matter if it really feels?
