Taenyun Kim
Robopsychologist
PhD Student in Information and Media @ Michigan State University
kimtaeny@msu.edu / CV
ABOUT ME
Hello! I am Taenyun Kim (pronounced as "C"anyon but with "T") from Korea. I am a PhD student in Information and Media at Michigan State University.
I consider myself a "robopsychologist," like Dr. Susan Calvin in "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov, meaning that I study the psychology of humans regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and robots (or vice versa!). I am interested in human-agent interaction (HAI). Here, "agents" mean AI and robots. I think AI and robots are newly emerging agents that we humans haven't encountered yet in our millions of years of evolutionary path. To me, AI and robots are the same as other agents like humans, dogs, god(s), or even Neanderthals. My specific research topics include laypeople's perceptions and folk theories of AI and robots, trust repair, and the morality of AI. However, my research is not only limited to AI and robots. I am interested in how technologies influence and extend our minds and bodies in general.
I am open to collaboration. Feel free to contact me!
RESEARCH INTEREST
Psychology in the Era of Information Technology
(e.g., social media, metaverse, artificial intelligence, and robots)Morality and Trust in Machines
(e.g., robots as trustworthy and moralistic
agents)
EDUCATION
PhD in Information and Media
Michigan State University, MI, United States
Sep. 2022 – CurrentMS in Interaction Science (Human-AI Interaction Major),
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Sep. 2019 – Aug. 2021BA in Psychology & B.S. in Interdisciplinary Informatics,
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Mar. 2012 – Aug. 2019
