On Care Robots and the Ethics of Tracking: A Transdisciplinary Ethics on Care Robots Seen Through a Posthuman and Performative Discussion on Tracking and Data Availability
On Care Robots and the Ethics of Tracking A Transdisciplinary Ethics on Care Robots seen through a Posthuman and Performative Discussion on Tracking and Data Availability
This academic paper establishes a transdisciplinary exploration of care robots and their tracking capabilities as an ethical performance rather than mere moral action or simple spying. By linking robot ethics, media and surveillance studies with posthuman and performative ethics, the author argues that the primary concern is not an intentionality to spy, but rather the structural availability of sensitive health data and the growing ubiquity of care technologies. Ultimately, the paper calls for increased attention to dataveillance, data appropriation, and the commercialization of care within vulnerable elderly care environments.
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Who it governs
Researchers, ethicists, and technologists exploring the intersection of robot ethics, surveillance studies, and care automation.
What the document contains
The paper addresses the ethical implications of tracking capabilities in care robots, examining posthuman and performative frameworks, data availability, dataveillance, the commercial value of health data, and vulnerabilities in elderly care settings.
The document does not provide practical regulatory guidelines, statutory codes of conduct, legal enforcement mechanisms, or specific technical policy frameworks.
- Care robots should be analyzed not merely as humanoid companions, but as data-tracking technologies embedded in sensitive environments.
- Tracking is an inherently ethical and performative entanglement of human commands and technological capacities rather than a neutral process.
- The primary ethical concern regarding care robots is data availability and structural dataveillance rather than an explicit intention by the robot to spy.
- Vulnerable elderly care environments expose individuals to emerging data technologies where commercial value of health data is rapidly growing.
- Social care robots present under-recognized technical risks, such as hackability and integration with Big Data analytics software.
· 1. Introduction · 2. On the ethical issues around care robots as companions or assistants · 3. From monitoring to an ethical and performative view on tracking · 4. On the ubiquity of care robots, data availability, and the sensitivity of elderly care · 5. Conclusion
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Fairness
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