{"product_id":"robots-that-talk-and-listen-technology-and-social-impact-9781614516033","title":"Robots That Talk and Listen: Technology and Social Impact","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Judith Markowitz | Sean Andrist | Guido Bugmann\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Robotics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobots That Talk and Listen \u003c\/strong\u003eprovides a forward-looking examination of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and social perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors address cultural foundations as well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to function effectively in real-world settings. Among the most difficult and complex is the ability to understand and use language. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeech-enabled automata are already serving as interactive toys, teacher's aides, and research assistants. These robots will soon be joined by personal companions, industrial co-workers, and military support automata. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe social impact of these and other robots extends well beyond the specific tasks they perform. Contributors tackle the most knotty of those issues, notably acceptance of advanced, speech-enabled robots and developing ethical and moral controls for robots. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopics in this book include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Language and Beyond: The True Meaning of \"Speech Enabled\" \u003cbr\u003e- Robots in Myth and Media \u003cbr\u003e- Enabling Robots to Converse \u003cbr\u003e- Language Learning by Automata \u003cbr\u003e- Handling Noisy Settings \u003cbr\u003e- Empirical Studies of Robots in Real-World Environments \u003cbr\u003e- Acceptance of Intelligent Robots \u003cbr\u003e- Managing Robots that Can Lie and Deceive \u003cbr\u003e- Envisioning a World Shared with Intelligent Robots \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46487421419671,"sku":"9781614516033","price":9712.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781614516033.jpg?v=1766334334","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/robots-that-talk-and-listen-technology-and-social-impact-9781614516033","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}