You really need to know what your bot(s) are thinking about you
(2010)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F. (2010). You really need to know what your bot(s) are thinking about you. In Y. Wilks (Ed.), Close Engagements with Artificial Companions: Key social, psychological, ethical and design issues (201-208). John Benjamins
The projected ubiquity of personal companion robots raises a range of interesting but also challenging questions. There can be little doubt that an effective artificial companion, whether embodied or not, will need to be both sensitive to the emotion... Read More about You really need to know what your bot(s) are thinking about you.