{"id":1495,"date":"2024-03-21T10:06:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T01:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czerny.dil.atr.jp\/ITB\/en\/?page_id=1495"},"modified":"2024-10-10T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T00:12:09","slug":"workshop2-for-iros2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/czerny.dil.atr.jp\/ITB\/en\/workshop2-for-iros2024","title":{"rendered":"Workshop for IROS2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IROS2024 Workshop:
Workshop on
'The Grand Challenge of Cybernetic Avatars: Social Sustainability<\/strong>'<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2024 IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2024), at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi ,UAE.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration and Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Duration: Half-day
Preferred date: PM Oct 14th<\/sup>, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paolo Dario<\/a> <\/strong>(SSSA<\/a>, Italy \/ DFL, UAE)
Khalifa AlQama<\/a><\/strong> (DFL<\/a>, UAE)
Yukiko Horikawa<\/a> <\/strong>(ATR<\/a>, Japan)
Alberto Pirni<\/a><\/strong> (SSSA<\/a>, Italy)
Toshie Takahashi<\/a><\/strong> (Waseda University<\/a>, Japan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This workshop is a thorough investigation of the social impact and long-term ethical and social sustainability of cybernetic avatars (CAs). CAs are human enhancement and augmentation systems, which promise to free people from several constraints inside and outside their physical body \u2013 for instance, cognitive and physical disability as well as space, time, and environmental constraints. The aim of our workshop is, on the one hand, to foster appreciation of CAs great ethical promise and, on the other hand, to warn against potential risks. Our discussion will focus on the potential benefits and limitations posed by a future society with CAs, with particular reference to the Japanese Moonshot Project (https:\/\/www8.cao.go.jp\/cstp\/english\/moonshot\/sub1_en.html<\/a>) and to the activities of the joint JST-Dubai Future Foundation Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will consider and analyze the ethics of CAs in the context of two fundamental stages of social perception: short term social impact and long-term ethical and social sustainability. We are interested in investigating to what degree and in what forms CAs can be received and accepted by humans, firstly, during the imminent time of transition towards a future \u2013 and tentative \u2013 society in which humans and robots coexist and, secondly, in the context of a well-established human-robot integrated society. Our discussion will consider the social promise of CAs along various philosophical and ethical dimensions such as individual autonomy and identity, mental health, personal relationships, assistive care, human-machine vulnerability, social and political welfare, and religious values. Our poster session will be especially dedicated to exploring the relationship between CAs and gender identity, with particular attention given to the female experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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