Influences of religions on the Japanese conception of robots

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The studies on the Japanese conception of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) represent an example of the unexpected way cultural specificities influence people’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. There is a general view of Western researchers that Japanese people have a strangely high affinity with robots. While Americans associate advanced robots with the image of the Terminators, a killer robot, Japanese tend to associate with Mighty Atom (Astro Boy), a beloved manga character.

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'rinri': An Incitement Towards The Existence Of Robots In Japanese Society.Naho Kitano - 2006 - International Review of Information Ethics 6:78-83.

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