The multifaceted construct of attitudes: Age- and gender-related perspectives on AI, robotics and their users
S. Baisch (Convener)
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AbstractParticipants T. Kolling (Germany), M. Damholdt (Denmark), M. Wessel (Germany), S. Baisch (Germany). ISSUE Embodied and non-embodied AI become increasingly well-known in both younger and older age groups. In the context of gerontechnology, older people are usually assumed the primary users of (new) technology, whereas younger people are considered either secondary users, like, e.g., formal caregivers, or robot developers. Since believes and attitudes are powerful determinants of behavior, they affect the success or failure of a technology by impacting on both technology development, i.e., through developer perceptions, and robot implementation, i.e., through perceptions of primary and secondary users. In all of these relevant groups, believes and attitudes can be affective, cognitive, or behavioral, they can be stereotypical, and they can relate not only to a particular technology, but also to its users. Although most technology acceptance models acknowledge the importance of attitudes for robot acceptance and usage, the multitude of different facets of this complex construct is still not well understood. CONTENT The current symposium therefore examines (1) age- and gender-related differences in attitudes towards AI, as opposed (2) age- and gender-stereotypical views on the users, (3) cognitive and affective attitudes towards emotional and non-emotional technology as well as (4) perspectives of three different stakeholder groups.Keywords: AI, robots, attitudes, formal carers, robot ethics
S. Baisch (Convener) (2022). The multifaceted construct of attitudes: Age- and gender-related perspectives on AI, robotics and their users. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.542.sp3