School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Soc Stud Sci. 2017 Aug;47(4):556-579. doi: 10.1177/0306312717704722. Epub 2017 May 3.
Rhetorical moves that construct humanoid robots as social agents disclose tensions at the intersection of science and technology studies (STS) and social robotics. The discourse of robotics often constructs robots that are like us (and therefore unlike dumb artefacts). In the discourse of STS, descriptions of how people assimilate robots into their activities are presented directly or indirectly against the backdrop of actor-network theory, which prompts attributing agency to mundane artefacts. In contradistinction to both social robotics and STS, it is suggested here that to view a capacity to partake in dialogical action (to have a 'voice') is necessary for regarding an artefact as authentically social. The theme is explored partly through a critical reinterpretation of an episode that Morana Alač reported and analysed towards demonstrating her bodies-in-interaction concept. This paper turns to 'body' with particular reference to Gibsonian affordances theory so as to identify the level of analysis at which dialogicality enters social interactions.
将人形机器人构建为社会主体的修辞策略揭示了科学与技术研究（STS）和社会机器人学的交叉点上的紧张关系。机器人学的论述常常构建出类人的机器人（因此不同于愚蠢的人工制品）。在 STS 的论述中，关于人们如何将机器人融入其活动的描述，无论是直接还是间接地，都是以行动者网络理论为背景提出的，该理论促使将能动性归因于平凡的人工制品。与社会机器人学和 STS 形成鲜明对比的是，本文认为，要将参与对话性行动（有“声音”）的能力视为人工制品具有真正的社会性，这是必要的。这一主题部分通过对莫拉纳·阿拉奇（Morana Alač）报告和分析的一个片段进行批判性再阐释来探讨，该片段旨在展示她的“身体互动”概念。本文特别提到吉布森的可供性理论来探讨“身体”，以确定对话性进入社会互动的分析层面。
