Pets as Nonhuman Animals, Companion Species and Robots

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  • Milica Arambašić Independent Researcher, Belgrade, Serbia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2018.1.1.73

Keywords:

pets, nonhuman animals, dogs, cats, robotic pets, artificial intelligence (AI)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the connection between humans and pets, the companion species, whether the pets in question are organic or robotic. Pets are ineluctable members of Western societies, and the relationship between human and nonhuman animals was achieved a long time ago. It is certain that world population growth will create new needs in societies. Coexistence and concern about pets will acquire expenses only wealthier inhabitants of the planet will be able to bear, leaving the poorer layers with two options: either forgo the long-established need for a life shared with a dog or a cat, or reorient to a life shared with non-organic companion species – robotic pets. This is why it is believed that, with the streaming of capital in the not-that-far-away future, the development of artificial intelligence is about to be directed to the mass production of robotic pets.

Author Biography

  • Milica Arambašić, Independent Researcher, Belgrade, Serbia

    Milica Arambašić (Belgrade, 1985) is a teacher of Serbian language. Finished her bachelor/master degree at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology at the Department of Serbian Literature with South-Slavonic Literatures (Symbolism of animals in Old Testament Apocrypha) and master degree in theory of art and media  (Textual expression of George Harrison: Poetics and Hermeneutics) at the Department of Transdisciplinary Humanistics and Theory of Art and Media, Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade. Copywriter, web site editor, text editor in various agencies, she also provides Serbian lessons for foreigners, and has published articles, children's stories, and short stories in several journals.

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15.12.2018

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No. 1 (2018): Process in Art, Technology and Theory

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Pets as Nonhuman Animals, Companion Species and Robots. (2018). INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology, 1, 73-82. https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2018.1.1.73
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