A propósito de Frankenstein y el autómata de san Alberto Magno… o de por qué la belleza humana no es asunto de robots

  1. Pradier Sebastián, Adrián 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Journal:
Cuadernos de pensamiento

ISSN: 0214-0284,  2660-6070

Year of publication: 2022

Issue Title: Humanismo y técnica, volumen 1

Issue: 35

Pages: 139-166

Type: Article

DOI: 10.51743/CPE.338 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

The field of anthropomorphic social robotics is one of the most interesting territories for contemporary philosophical reflection, since it brings together anthropological, ethical and aesthetic issues. Taking as a starting point the medieval legend of the automaton of St. Albert the Great, this paper points out the risks associated with the robotic mimicry of human being when theoretical assumptions about it are deflationary of its complexity. I first present a summary of the “uncanny valley” phenomenon as an aesthetic response of rejection to those robotic designs that devalue human complexity, formally and behaviorally; then we study the most accepted solutions from an engineering point of view, based on designs of appearance according to an abstract rather than an imitative principle; finally, thinking about an artistic example of robotic performativity, we argue the irreducible character of human beauty and creativity against their attempts at robotic imitation.

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