The Assumption of Agency Theory
| Author | : Kate Forbes-Pitt |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136633263 |
| ISBN-13 | : 113663326X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (26X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Assumption of Agency Theory written by Kate Forbes-Pitt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Assumption of Agency Theory revisits the Turing Test and€examines what Turing's assessor knew. It asks important questions about how machines vis à vis humans have been characterized since Turing, and seeks to reverse the trend of looking closely at the machine by asking what humans know in interaction and how they know it.€This book€characterizes a non-human agent that shows itself in interaction but is distinct from human agency: an agent acting with us in our ongoing reproduction and transformation of structure. Turing predicted that at the end of the twentieth century, w.