Affective (Kansei) Robotics in Japan: Designing and Programming Gender and Emotions in Humanoid Robots (ft. Prof. Jennifer ROBERTSON)
| Date(s) | Monday, 20 February 2023, 4:00-5:30 PM |
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| Venue |
Zoom Webinar (Register) |
| Registration | Pre-registration required |
| Language | English with Japanese interpretation |
| Abstract |
A number of humanoid robots in Japan have been supplied with gender and emotions, qualities that are stereotyped and greatly simplified in order to create algorithms. Artificial intelligence (AI), which is comprised of numerous algorithms, is useful for tasks that rely on pattern recognition, but AI can also perpetuate and reproduce the everyday social biases of their human designers. In this presentation, Prof. Jennifer Robertson discusses these robots and the implications that their design has for other industries, including surveillance. |
| Speaker Profile |
Speaker Jennifer ROBERTSON Visiting Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo; Professor Emerita, University of Michigan
Commentator NAGAI Yukie Project Professor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo
Moderator Hannah DAHLBERG-DODD Project Assistant Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo |
| Organized by | Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo |
| Contact | tokyo.college.events@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
