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The Route to Artificial Phenomenology; ‘Attunement to the World’ and Representationalism of Affective States (2023)
Book Chapter
Farina, L. (2023). The Route to Artificial Phenomenology; ‘Attunement to the World’ and Representationalism of Affective States. In C. Misselhorn, T. Poljanšek, T. Störzinger, & M. Klein (Eds.), Emotional Machines: Perspectives from Affective Computing and Emotional Human-Machine Interaction (111-132). Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37641-3_5

According to dominant views in affective computing, artificial systems e.g. robots and algorithms cannot experience emotion because they lack the phenomenological aspect associated with emotional experience. In this paper I suggest that if we wish to... Read More about The Route to Artificial Phenomenology; ‘Attunement to the World’ and Representationalism of Affective States.

Artificial Intelligence Systems, Responsibility and Agential Self-Awareness (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farina, L. (2022). Artificial Intelligence Systems, Responsibility and Agential Self-Awareness. In V. C. Müller (Ed.), Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence 2021 (15-25). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09153-7_2

This paper investigates the claim that artificial Intelligence Systems cannot be held morally responsible because they do not have an ability for agential self-awareness e.g. they cannot be aware that they are the agents of an action. The main sugges... Read More about Artificial Intelligence Systems, Responsibility and Agential Self-Awareness.

Sven Nyholm, Humans and Robots; Ethics, Agency and Anthropomorphism (2022)
Journal Article
Farina, L. (2022). Sven Nyholm, Humans and Robots; Ethics, Agency and Anthropomorphism. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 19(2), 221-224. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-19020007

How should human beings and robots interact with one another? Nyholm’s answer to this question is given below in the form of a conditional:

If a robot looks or behaves like an animal or a human being then we should treat them with a degree of mora... Read More about Sven Nyholm, Humans and Robots; Ethics, Agency and Anthropomorphism.