The effects of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on the job market are matters of great
social concern. Economists and technology experts are debating at what rate, and to what …

Traditionally investigated in philosophy, body ownership and agency—two main
components of the minimal self—have recently gained attention from other disciplines, such …

Theory of mind is the term given by philosophers and psychologists for the ability to form a
predictive model of self and others. In this paper we focus on synthetic models of theory of …

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances, we increasingly delegate mental tasks to
machines. However, today's AI systems usually do these tasks with an unusual imbalance of …

Emerging trends in neurosciences are providing converging evidence that cortical networks
in predominantly motor areas are activated in several contexts related to 'action'that do not …

Trust is a critical issue in human-robot interactions (HRI) as it is the core of human desire to
accept and use a non-human agent. Theory of Mind (ToM) has been defined as the ability to …

Technology is giving rise to artificial erotic agents, which we call erobots (erôs+ bot).
Erobots, such as virtual or augmented partners, erotic chatbots, and sex robots, increasingly …

In this article, we describe an approach to autonomous system construction that not only
supports self-awareness but also formal verification. This is based on modular construction …

The core concept of Internet of Things (IoT) is to equip real world objects with computing,
processing, and communicating capabilities to enable socializing between them. Internet of …

Can artificial intelligence (AI) develop the potential to be our partner, and will we be as
sensitive to its social signals as we are to those of human beings? I examine both of these …