Parental Acceptance of Children’s Storytelling Robots: A Projection of the Uncanny Valley of AI
| Autor: | Karl F. MacDorman, Selma Sabanovic, Andrew Miller, Erin Brady, Chaolan Lin, Lynn Dombrowski |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Agency (philosophy)
Context (language use) 050105 experimental psychology uncanny valley 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine social robotics technology acceptance TJ1-1570 design fiction 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Design fiction Mechanical engineering and machinery Original Research Robotics and AI Social robot 05 social sciences Uncanny valley QA75.5-76.95 artificial intelligence Computer Science Applications parent-child storytelling Electronic computers. Computer science Robot Psychology Social psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Storytelling Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Robotics and AI Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol 8 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2296-9144 |
| Popis: | Parent–child story time is an important ritual of contemporary parenting. Recently, robots with artificial intelligence (AI) have become common. Parental acceptance of children’s storytelling robots, however, has received scant attention. To address this, we conducted a qualitative study with 18 parents using the research technique design fiction. Overall, parents held mixed, though generally positive, attitudes toward children’s storytelling robots. In their estimation, these robots would outperform screen-based technologies for children’s story time. However, the robots’ potential to adapt and to express emotion caused some parents to feel ambivalent about the robots, which might hinder their adoption. We found three predictors of parental acceptance of these robots: context of use, perceived agency, and perceived intelligence. Parents’ speculation revealed an uncanny valley of AI: a nonlinear relation between the human likeness of the artificial agent’s mind and affinity for the agent. Finally, we consider the implications of children’s storytelling robots, including how they could enhance equity in children’s access to education, and propose directions for research on their design to benefit family well-being. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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