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Can robots teach? Ethical dilemmas of teacher robots

Can robots teach? Ethical dilemmas of teacher robots. The 3 rd Asia-Pacific Computing & Philosophy Conference, 2-4 November, 2007 Prof. Namin Shin (Dongguk University, Seoul Korea). Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Overview. Introduction Motivation Robots and Education

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Can robots teach? Ethical dilemmas of teacher robots

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  1. Can robots teach? Ethical dilemmas of teacher robots The 3rd Asia-Pacific Computing & Philosophy Conference, 2-4 November, 2007 Prof. Namin Shin (Dongguk University, Seoul Korea) Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

  2. Overview • Introduction • Motivation • Robots and Education • The Interview Study • The research project • The students • Interview questions • Robots in the students’ mind • Learning from robots • Discussion • Machine with a heart • Ethical issues • Conclusion

  3. Motivation • Growing interest in the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) • Market growth in Personal Service Robots (UN’s Robotics Survey, 2002) • Socially Assistive Robotics (Mataric & Tapus, 2006) • Sociable robots (Breazeal, 2002)

  4. Robots and Education

  5. The ㄲResearch Project • Research Question: • What do students find the following? • Images of and Attitudes towards Robots • Learning About Robots • Learning From Robots • Learning With Robots • Research Method: • Structured Interview (Nov.-Dec., 2006) • Content Analysis

  6. The Students

  7. Interview Questions [Image] ∙ What do you come up with first when you think of robots? ∙ What would be the gender of the robot in your mind? [About] ∙ Would it be necessary to learn about robots? ∙ What if you are to learn robotics in school? [From] ∙ Would it be possible for you to learn from robots? ∙ If so, what would you like to learn? ∙ What if teacher robots teach you in a classroom? ∙ What subject would you like to learn from teacher robots? ∙ Would you be reminded of robot teachers on Teachers’ Day? ∙ As a counseling partner, who would you prefer robot teachers or human teachers? [With] ∙ What if robots are in a classroom all the time? ∙ What if robots are home all the time? ∙ Can you make friends with robots? ∙ What about doing school work with robots? ∙ Would you like to make use of robots for your work?

  8. Robots in the Students’ Mind • Image-Robot Function (Age effect) • Magician • Machines or tools • Attitude-Robot Appearance • Positive Human-like • Negative Robot-like • Robots-Future society(Mass media effect) • Home companions or appliances • Computer analogy

  9. Learning From Robots • Teaching robots • Capable of tutoring humans in general • Home tutor, learning assistive robots • In cognitive domains: computer, math, science, calculation, memorization • Teacher robots • Capable of playing the role of teachers at school • Inappropriate because of the absence of emotion

  10. Machine with a Heart • What does it mean to have emotion? • Because humans have emotions, we can get to know a person just by looking at them(12 year-old boy) • If we do not have emotions, we may not be able to find out what others feel and need, so it will be difficulty to satisfy them(16 year-old boy) • A kind of underlying capability for social and interpersonal communications • Warm teachers vs. Smart teachers • Understanding, compassionate, humane, caring: qualifications of a “good” teacher • Relationship vs. Knowledge acquisition

  11. Ethical Issues • Conflicting images of teacher robots • Social robots: machines, servant, helper • School teachers: humans, supervisor, respectful figure • Language & communication concerns • Do we have to refer to them [teacher robots] as ‘teachers’? (16 year-old boy) • Do we need to use an honorific form when we speak to them? (15 year-old girl) • Human-robot relationship • User’s perceptions of robots • User’s anticipating relationships with the robots

  12. Ethical Issues • Anthropomorphism • “the act of attributing human qualities to non-human organisms or objects(DiSalvo & Gemperle, 2003) • The higher the degree of anthropomorphism of an agent, the more human-like interactions are expected from the agent. • Anthropomorphic agent • Medicine, e-business, learning in a CMC environment • Criticism about the mismatch between the realism in an agent’s appearance and its behavior • Embodied anthropomorphic agent • Social robots giving people the illusion of life

  13. Conclusion • Robots imperative • Robot-future society connection • Home companion or appliances • Teaching robots vs. Teacher robots • Emotion issues • Anthropomorphism & Embodiment • Emerging social, cultural, and ethical issues • Human-robot relationships • Ethical uses of robots for education • Endowing robots with social roles and status • Locus of control over ‘emotional machines’

  14. Acknowledgement • The K-12 interview study was supported by the Korean Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund)(KRF-2006-332-B00316).

  15. Thank You • Comments & Questions?

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