Artifizielle Partner

„Artifizielle Partner: An der Schnittstelle von Mensch und Maschine“ – so der Titel einer Abhandlung von Florina Zülli, erschienen auf mediensprache.net. „Liebespuppen, Hologram-Girlfriends und Sexroboter“ sorgten, so die Autorin, „zwar für hitzige Debatten in der Ethik, der Soziologie und der Robotik“ – in linguistischer Hinsicht bestehe „diesbezüglich aber immer noch ein großes Desiderat“ (Zülli 2021). „Insbesondere in Anbetracht dessen, dass Beziehungskonstitution stets über Sprache bzw. Kommunikation erfolgt, wirft dies die Frage auf, weshalb der Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation in diesem spezifischen Bereich bislang nicht mehr Bedeutung zugemessen wurde.“ (Zülli 2021) Der Beitrag habe zum Ziel, diese Lücke zu schließen; präsentiert werde „also ein sprachwissenschaftlicher Zugang zum Thema artifizielle Partner“ (Zülli 2021). Dies schließe die Frage nach der Semantik des „Partner“-Begriffs und „den Unterschieden und Gemeinsamkeiten in der Paarsprache zwischen Mensch und Mensch und Mensch und künstlichem Partner ein“ (Zülli 2021). Die sehr lesenswerte und gut lesbare Arbeit kann hier heruntergeladen werden.

Abb.: Der Prototyp Henry (Foto: Realbotix)

The Hologram Girl Appears in the World

The article „Hologram Girl“ by Oliver Bendel deals first of all with the current and future technical possibilities of projecting three-dimensional human shapes into space or into vessels. Then examples for holograms from literature and film are mentioned, from the fictionality of past and present. Furthermore, the reality of the present and the future of holograms is included, i.e. what technicians and scientists all over the world are trying to achieve, in eager efforts to close the enormous gap between the imagined and the actual. A very specific aspect is of interest here, namely the idea that holograms serve us as objects of desire, that they step alongside love dolls and sex robots and support us in some way. Different aspects of fictional and real holograms are analyzed, namely pictoriality, corporeality, motion, size, beauty and speech capacity. There are indications that three-dimensional human shapes could be considered as partners, albeit in a very specific sense. The genuine advantages and disadvantages need to be investigated further, and a theory of holograms in love could be developed. The article is part of the book „AI Love You“ by Yuefang Zhou and Martin H. Fischer and was published on 18 July 2019. Further information can be found via link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-19734-6.

Fig.: Hatsune Miku is a fully artificial figure

Hologram Girl

Using an interdisciplinary approach, the book „AI love you“ explores the emerging topics and rapid technological developments of robotics and artificial intelligence through the lens of the evolving role of sex robots, and how they should best be designed to serve human needs. „An international panel of authors provides the most up-to-date, evidence-based empirical research on the potential sexual applications of artificial intelligence. Early chapters discuss the objections to sexual activity with robots while also providing a counterargument to each objection. Subsequent chapters present the implications of robot sex as well as the security and data privacy issues associated with sexual interactions with artificial intelligence.“ (Information by Springer) Topics featured in this book include: the Sexual Interaction Illusion Model, the personal companion system, Harmony, designed by Realbotix, an exposition of the challenges of personal data control and protection when dealing with artificial intelligence, and the current and future technological possibilities of projecting three-dimensional holograms. Oliver Bendel is the author of the contribution to the latter topic, entitled „Hologram Girl“. The book is edited by Yuefang Zhou and Martin H. Fischer and will be published in summer 2019. More information via www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030197339.

Fig.: A talk by Oliver Bendel (photo: Meret Buser)