What comes to your mind as soon as you hear the word “robot”? Maybe it’s R2-D2, the Terminator or even our podcast! In this episode, Arne joins us to discuss the complexities around the imagery of robots, and why we are so obsessed with making robots look like humans.

Interview with Arne Maibaum, PhD Candidate in Sociology and team member of NotMyRobots. You can follow him on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3uZn2vb Twitter: https://bit.ly/3FC1DNl

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Resources:

• Follow @NotMyRobot on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3mJSLMV
• Examples of bad robot imagery: https://bit.ly/2YL1cQj
• Boston Dynamic Robots: https://bit.ly/3aq0yKj
• The Whiteness of AI: https://bit.ly/2X0SEDY
• Are You A Robot? episode with Sébastien Krier: https://bit.ly/3DKiLPt
• Pepper the Robot: https://bit.ly/3au8ZEe
• Rosie the Robot: https://bit.ly/3lxPcKF