fraking robots, dude!

Fraking Robots, Dude!

By Sharon Greenfield

Can Humans Create a Robot Society?

• Mimic human development process

•  Teach robots to learn to be socially intelligent

• Robot culture recursively created via language

Cognitive Design of Robots

• Most robots are designed without regards to social behaviour

•  Interaction dynamics matters; context via language

• Use imitation to augment social interaction while engaged in robot language learning

Lil’ Bit O’ History Written in 1920 Karel Capek’s R.U.R.:

(Rossum's Universal Robots)

Czech English ‘robota’ = ‘slave labor’

Lil’ Bit O’ History Written in 1920 Karel Capek’s R.U.R.:

(Rossum's Universal Robots)

Czech English ‘robota’ = ‘slave labor’

1. Acquire soul 2. Rebel against ‘owner’ 3. Attempt annihilation of

said ‘owner’

Robot Artificial Intelligence Android

Cyborg Artificial General

Intelligence

Developmental Psychology

What is it? •  Lifespan physical, cognitive, and social

change Why does it matter?

• Nature/Nurture •  Process • Change

Psychogenesis v Sociogenesis Jean Piaget = Cognitive Constructivism

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Psychogenesis v Sociogenesis Lev S. Vygotsky = Social Constructivism

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Piaget Framework

Emphasis: 1. Sensorimotor period (Ages 0-2yrs): Learn via senses,

touch, movement. Very egocentric. 2. Preoperational period (Ages 2-7) : Better motor skills,

object orientation. Very intuitive. 3. Concrete operations period (Ages 7-12) : Large logical

leaps ability. No longer egocentric. 4. Formal operations period (Ages 12-15): Ability of logic,

abstract reasoning, hypothetical thought.

Vygotsky Framework

Emphasis: • Cognitive development changes per

cultural and historical factors •  Acquire cultural tools via social

interactions •  Symbolic knowledge acquisition •  Language is key to cognitive development

Gah Gah Gah Goo… Using the Vygotsky framework one might:

•  Socially interact with robot via imitation •  Synchronization, create interaction dynamic •  Teach a proto-language; per each movement, a meaning/specific ‘word’.

Gah Gah Gah Goo… Using the Vygotsky framework reply could be:

•  Study language transition •  Track the autonomous response •  Track the robot-human interaction patterns •  No dirty diapers

Culture Culture

Language Language

HUMAN ROBOT

BROADER IMPLICATIONS

Language History

Culture Language

Culture + Language + History = Society

Societal Existence

Thanks to Aubrey and Ren for

consultation, to all the hardworking

Ignite organizers and volunteers, and to

the Portland community for being

interested!

-Sharon

human.factor.one@ gmail.com

Billard, A. & Dautenhahn, K. 1999. Studying robot social cognition within a developmental psychology framework. Proc. Eurobot99, Third European Workshop on Advanced Mobile Robots, September 1999, Switzerland.

Ishiguro, H. & MacDorman, K. 2006. The uncanny advantage of using androids in cognitive and social science research. Interaction Studies, 7:3, 297-337.

Activity InterPretation Project, University of Vienna http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/projects/actipret/robot.html

References and Thank You