Joanna J. Bryson
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joanna J. Bryson plays a role.
2016 On the reliability of unreliable information: Gossip as cultural memory Interaction Studies 17:1, pp. 1–25 | Article
When individuals learn from what others tell them, the information is subject to transmission error that does not arise in learning from direct experience. Yet evidence shows that humans consistently prefer this apparently more unreliable source of information. We examine the effect this… read more
2014 The role of emotions in inter-action selection Interaction Studies 15:2, pp. 216–223 | Article
2010 Why robot nannies probably won’t do much psychological damage Interaction Studies 11:2, pp. 196–200 | Article
2010 Robots should be slaves Close Engagements with Artificial Companions: Key social, psychological, ethical and design issues, Wilks, Yorick (ed.), pp. 63–74 | Article
Robots should not be described as persons, nor given legal nor moral responsibility for their actions. Robots are fully owned by us. We determine their goals and behavior, either directly or indirectly through specifying their intelligence or how their intelligence is acquired. In humanising them,… read more
2009 Representations underlying social learning and cultural evolution Interaction Studies 10:1, pp. 77–100 | Article
Social learning is a source of behaviour for many species, but few use it as extensively as they seemingly could. In this article, I attempt to clarify our understanding of why this might be. I discuss the potential computational properties of social learning, then examine the phenomenon in nature… read more