Anna Puzio
Papers
8
Total Citations
84
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About
Anna Puzio is an emerging philosopher and ethicist whose work sits at the intersection of robot ethics, new materialism, and the anthropology of technology. Her research critically interrogates how increasingly sophisticated robots and AI systems challenge fundamental human concepts — from personhood and relationality to religion and sexuality. Her most-cited work, "Not Relational Enough? Towards an Eco-Relational Approach in Robot Ethics" (2024, 28 citations), argues for a richer, ecologically grounded framework for understanding human-robot relationships, extending beyond conventional relational ethics. Her provocative exploration of religious robots (2023, 27 citations) has attracted significant scholarly attention by asking whether robots can or should fulfill spiritual functions — a question few researchers have dared to systematically address. Drawing on new materialist theory, Puzio's work on the "entangled human being" (2024, 13 citations) pushes anthropological thinking to reckon with what makes humanity distinctive in an age of intelligent machines. Her more recent contributions on queering sex robots and AI's disruption of personhood demonstrate a commitment to intersectional and critically informed perspectives. Puzio's growing citation record reflects her reputation as a bold, theoretically sophisticated voice shaping the ethical frontiers of robotics and AI.
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- 1Not Relational Enough? Towards an Eco-Relational Approach in Robot Ethics28 citations · 2024
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- 43. Social Robots and Society7 citations · 2023
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- 8AI and the Disruption of Personhood2 citations · 2025