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What is the nature of the speech act that occurs when the robot lady voice at the Target self-check-out says “Thanks! See you again soon”?
She is capable of neither sight nor gratitude, so the meaning of the act cannot be denotative.
Nor is she capable of social ritual, so it cannot be even that rote performative act that occurs when a salesperson says the same thing.
It feels like a memorial: “Remember when humans used to do this?”
You would think they wouldnʼt want to remind us.
She is capable of neither sight nor gratitude, so the meaning of the act cannot be denotative.
Nor is she capable of social ritual, so it cannot be even that rote performative act that occurs when a salesperson says the same thing.
It feels like a memorial: “Remember when humans used to do this?”
You would think they wouldnʼt want to remind us.