Social robots and the intentional stance
Veit, W. & Browning, H.
(2023).
Social robots and the intentional stance.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
46,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001595
(2023).
Social robots and the intentional stance.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
46,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001595
Why is it that people simultaneously treat social robots as mere designed artefacts, yet show willingness to interact with them as if they were real agents? Here, we argue that Dennett's distinction between the intentional stance and the design stance can help us to resolve this puzzle, allowing us to further our understanding of social robots as interactive depictions.