The Home in the Digital Age

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The Home in the Digital Age is a set of multidisciplinary studies exploring the impact of digital technologies in the home, with a shift of emphasis from technology to the people living and using this in their homes. The book covers a wide variety of topics on the design, introduction and use of digital technologies in the home, combining the technological dimension with the cognitive, emotional, cultural and symbolic dimensions of the objects that incorporate digital technologies and project them onto people’s lives. It offers a coherent approach, that of the home, which gives unity to the discussion. Scholars of the home, the house and the family will find here the connection with the problems derived from the use of domestic robots and connected devices. Students of artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, big data and other branches of digital technologies will find ideas and arguments to apply their disciplines to the home and participate fruitfully in forums where digital technologies are built and negotiated in the home. Experts from various disciplines ・ psychologists and sociologists; philosophers, epistemologists and ethicists; economists; engineers, architects, urban planners and designers and so on ・ and also those interested in developing policies for the home and family will find this book contains well-founded and useful ideas to focus their work. Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Illustrations List of Contributors Foreword Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Introduction: The Home in the Digital Age The Impact of Digital Technologies in the Home Physical Space Home Management Digital Technology and People Home, Technology and COVID-19 The Chapters of this Book Note References Chapter 2 Digital Home: The Missing Element for a People-Centred Digital Future Introduction to the Digital Home The Digital Home: Individuals Past: The Origin of “Home” Present: A Day in the Life of the Digital Home Mental Health and the Digital Home Life and Work Collide in the Digital Home Women in the Home and Workplace Future: Can We Utilize Untapped Resources and Create an Inclusive Digital Future? Networked Improvement Communities Tapping Women to Step Forward in Leadership The Digital Frontier: Regulators, Businesses and Communities Past: The Evolution of Information Sharing Present: Digital Power Decentralizes Financial, Political and Academic Power Future: What Capacity and Capabilities Are We Lacking that Might Help Us Respond Better? A Digital World: Government and Society Past: The Origin of Power Present: Redefining Language, Systems and Supply The Loss of Language and Culture Agriculture and Food Systems in the Digital World Supply Chains in the Digital World Future: How Do We Build a Foundation for Global humanity to Thrive? Digital Laws and Regulations Internet Justice of the Peace Digital Literacy for Everyone Conclusion Addendum 25 April 2020 Notes Chapter 3 Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Technology in the Home Introduction AI: A Very Brief Introduction AI for the Management of the Home: Domestic Robots AI for the Management of the Home: Connected Devices AI for Knowledge Enrichment in the Home Challenges Explainability and Standardisation Relationships in the Digital Home Security, Autonomy and Privacy Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Conclusions Notes References Chapter 4 Contested Homes in the Age of the Cloud: The Changing Socio-Spatial Dynamics of Family Living and Care for Older People in the 21st Century Introduction: Changing Homes, Changing Culture of Living The Architecture of Home in the Digital Era: Space and Identity of Domestic Atmosphere Smart Homes: Technologies, Systems and Infrastructure Investigating Smart Homes of Older People: methodology, Data and Findings1 Impact of Smart Technologies in Improving Older People Homes Challenges and Opportunities of Technology at Home Conclusions: Implications of Smart Homes and Housing Design for the Elderly Notes References Chapter 5 Homes As Human–robot Ecologies: An Epistemological Inquiry On the “domestication” of Robots The Evolution of the Smart Home: Towards Domestic Robots The Rise of Domestic Robots Designing Houses As Ecologies of Mixed Social Actors Domestic Robots and the Embodied Mind: Assimilation Or Coupling? The Extended Mind Hypothesis: Domestic Robots As Humans’ Extensions Enaction: Home Robots As Integral Elements of the Ecology of Mind Between Moderated and Radical Embodiment Toward An Integrated Ecological Ethics: domestic Social Robots As Connectors Notes References Chapter 6 Homes Through the Design shift in the Digital Age Introduction Design Through History and the Transformation of Homes The Age of Making The Age of Having The Age of Being Design, Home and Technologies: Several Explorations Living With Other Living On the Move Living Autonomously Living Smart Living Design, Living Homes Design Approaches to Explore Emerging Technologies at Home and Beyond Notes References Chapter 7 Automation, the Home and Work Introduction Two Narratives, Three Positions But Where Is the Home in All This? The Individualist Perspective and Older Perspectives Economists and the Cult of Paid Employment Second Thoughts About Paid Work Economic Objections to Total Employment The Three Spheres of Life According to Braudel The Continuing Importance of the Domestic The Historical Transformations of the Home and Work The Passing of the Family Wage System Problems of Excessive Paid Work The Impact of Automation On the Home Changes in the Home and Consumption References Chapter 8 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence On the Future of Work Introduction What Is Ai? AI’s Areas of Influence Primary Channels of Ai Influence On Future of Work Productivity Jobs and Skills Inclusivity Other Channels of Ai Influencing Future of Work Home As the Place of Work10 What Next? Notes References Chapter 9 Ethics and Digital Technologies in the Home Introduction Digital Technologies and Ethics Agents and Digital Ethics Some Ethical Problems of Digital Technologies in the Home Centrality of the Human Person Security and Comfort Privacy Fairness, Impartiality and Transparency Autonomy and Freedom Sociability Putting Ethical Principles Into Practice Conclusions References Index