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    Reconfiguring the alterity relation: the role of communication in interactions with social robots and chatbots.Dakota Root - forthcoming - AI and Society:1-12.
    Don Ihde’s alterity relation focuses on the quasi-otherness of dynamic technologies that interact with humans. The alterity relation is one means to study relations between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. However, research on alterity relations has not defined the difference between playing with a toy, using a computer, and interacting with a social robot or chatbot. We suggest that Ihde’s quasi-other concept fails to account for the interactivity, autonomy, and adaptability of social robots and chatbots, which more closely approach (...)
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    A Merleau-Pontian Account of Embodied Coping in Virtual Reality.Dakota Root - 2022 - Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology 26 (3):374-394.
    Virtual reality (VR) offers a simulated environment where users can interact directly with their surroundings and provokes questions about embodiment and disconnection. This article will demonstrate how VR’s unique embodiment features differentiate it from the experience of non-VR online and video games and allow the transfer of movement and first-person perspective into the ‘gamespace.’ Drawing upon Merleau-Ponty’s concept of embodiment, I will argue that 1) VR is a coping experience, and 2) the VR environment becomes the world of our engagement. (...)
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  3. Quantum Technologies in the Context of Climate Change: Emphasizing Sustainability in a Responsible Innovation Approach to Quantum Innovation.Dakota Root - 2025 - NanoEthics 19 (1):1-15.
    Using quantum technologies (QTs) to solve problems related to climate change is a key goal for many physicists at the research and development stage. Recent research anticipates numerous real-world applications for quantum technologies that will address climate change and further sustainable development goals. However, currently there is no guiding framework for implementing responsible, sustainable innovation, or criteria for evaluating the sustainability of QTs. The goal of this article is to augment previous responsible innovation (RI) analysis of, and recommendations for, quantum (...)
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