Artificial intelligence as a discursive practice: The case of embodied software agent systems

AI and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 340-363

  Zdenek, Sean ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Embodiment; Metaphor; Rhetoric; Software agents

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CYBORGS; DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS;

DISCOURSE; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT; EMBODIMENT; HUMAN-HUMAN INTERACTIONS; METAPHOR; RHETORIC; RHETORICAL STRATEGIES; SYMBOL MANIPULATION;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 42449155979     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-003-0284-8     Document Type: Article

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