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The Purr-suit of Happiness: A Tale of Three Kittens. Robots, Humans, Cats, and AI

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This paper showcases Cat Royale, an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on animal happiness situated at the intersection of Art, Computer Science, and Animal Welfare. We argue for the inclusion of non-human actors when designing autonomous systems, as animals increasingly interact with them. In this endeavour, we emphasise multidisciplinarity when designing trustworthy autonomous systems. To design, implement, and deploy such systems, diverse voices must be heard. Finally, by highlighting parallels between Cat Royale's animal-robot interactions and human-AI interactions, this project invites reflections on the trustworthiness, risks, and the price we might pay for AI.

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Eike Schneiders, Alan Chamberlain, Joel E. Fischer, Steve Benford, Simon Castle-Green, Victor Ngo, Ayse Kucukyilmaz, Pepita Barnard, Ju Row Farr, Matt Adams, Nick Tandavanitj, Kate Devlin, Clara Mancini, and Daniel Mills. 2023. TAS for Cats: An Artist-Led Exploration of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems for Companion Animals. In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) (TAS '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 36, 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3597517

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Schneiders EBenford SChamberlain AMancini CCastle-Green SNgo VRow Farr JAdams MTandavanitj NFischer J(2024)Designing Multispecies Worlds for Robots, Cats, and HumansProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642115(1-16)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642115
Benford SMancini CChamberlain ASchneiders ECastle-Green SFischer JKucukyilmaz ASalimbeni GNgo VBarnard PAdams MTandavanitj NRow Farr J(2024)Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology SpaceProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3641994(1-15)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3641994

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HRI '24: Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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DOI:10.1145/3610978

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Schneiders EBenford SChamberlain AMancini CCastle-Green SNgo VRow Farr JAdams MTandavanitj NFischer J(2024)Designing Multispecies Worlds for Robots, Cats, and HumansProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642115(1-16)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642115
Benford SMancini CChamberlain ASchneiders ECastle-Green SFischer JKucukyilmaz ASalimbeni GNgo VBarnard PAdams MTandavanitj NRow Farr J(2024)Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology SpaceProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3641994(1-15)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3641994

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