Retrospective Insights on the Impacts of the Catholic Robot SanTO

Gabriele Trovato, Yueh Hsuan Weng

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Abstract

Among the newest directions of research in the last few years, renewed interest in religion took place in the robotics community. Pioneering this interest, SanTO was the first ever Catholic robot to be made. Its realisation went together with the necessity of revising the theoretical bases that should properly identify what are SanTO and other robots of this kind. Its media coverage and later employment acted as a Pandora's box of potential ethical problems, which range from blasphemy to incompatibility with science, through dangers of nudging, AI bias, privacy and more. This paper analyses the main issues and how they were addressed, and the future direction of research leads to the development of the new model, CelesTE, aiming to a more pronounced ethical design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Robots in Social Institutions - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2022
EditorsRaul Hakli, Pekka Makela, Johanna Seibt
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages267-275
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781643683744
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 Jan 9
Event5th Robophilosophy Conference: Social Robots in Social Institutions, Robophilosophy 2022 - Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 2022 Aug 162022 Aug 19

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume366
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

Conference

Conference5th Robophilosophy Conference: Social Robots in Social Institutions, Robophilosophy 2022
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period22/8/1622/8/19

Keywords

  • ageing society
  • human-robot interaction
  • privacy
  • religion in robotics

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