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Creeps surround us, seemingly everywhere. People creep up on each other both on the streets and online, with digital technologies vectoring a lot of cyber-stalking. It's so easy to spy on people that "creep catching" has even become a form of news entertainment in shows such as "To Catch a Predator." But what defines a creep is so broad that nearly anyone can be a creep at times. Many of us wonder if we ourselves have been creepy, or if perhaps we engage in behavior that, if others knew, would easily earn us the title "creep." Even Donald Trump, during the raucous 2016 campaign, was called a "creep" on several occasions by various news media. Indeed, for many of us, the specter of the creep is not just threatening, but exciting – exciting perhaps in the possibility of threat. Yes, we get creeped out. But we are also fascinated by creeps, perhaps in part because we all sense the potential inside ourselves for creepy behavior. In this provocative and engaging new book, Jonathan Alexander interweaves personal narrative and cultural analyses to explore what it means to be a creep. Calling this work a critical memoir, he draws on his own experiences growing up gay in the deep south, while also interrogating examples from literature and popular film and media, to approach the figure of the creep with some sympathy. Ranging widely over contemporary culture, especially the ever-creeping presence of nearly ubiquitous surveillance, Alexander confesses his own creepiness while also explaining to us what being creepy can show us in turn about our culture. He also resurrects some famous "creeps" from the past, such as J.R. Ackerley, to explore what makes a creep creepy, and how even the best of us succumb at times to being creeps. Ultimately, Alexander argues, a study of creepiness might offer us critical insight into the fundamental perversity of how we live. Creep: A Life, A Theory, an Apology is a timely meditation for our strange and creepy times.

Intro -- Introduction: The Hunger -- 1. Your Inner Sadist: The Neuroscience of Evil -- 2. Murder by Design: The Psychology of Bloodlust -- 3. The Freak Show: Deconstructing Creepiness -- 4. Two-faced Tech: How Technology Changes Us -- 5. Kinky as F*ck: The Science of Sexual Deviance -- 6. To Catch a Predator: Understanding Paedophiles -- 7. Snakes in Suits: The Psychology of Groupthink -- 8. And I Said Nothing: The Science of Compliance -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Some Dramaturgical and Ethical Approaches to the Dark Side -- Chapter 2. Negative Dimensions of Human-Robot and Human-AI Interactions: Frightening Legacies, Emerging Dysfunctions, and Creepiness -- Chapter 3. Love, Sex, & Robots: Sex Robots, Privacy, and Robot Addiction -- Chapter 4. The Long Robotic Arm of the Law: Emerging Police, Military, Militia, Security, and Other Compulsory Robots -- Chapter 5. Gilding Artificial Lilies: Artificial Intelligence's Legacies of Technological Overstatement, Embellishment, and Hyperbole -- Chapter 6. "Our Hearts Go Out to the Victim's Family": Death by Robot and Autonomous Vehicle -- Chapter 7. Robo-Rage Against the Machine: Abuse, Sabotage, and Bullying of Robots and Autonomous Vehicles -- Chapter 8. The Future of Embodied AI: Containing and Mitigating the Dark and Creepy Sides of Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, and AI.

Annotation Creeps surround us, seemingly everywhere. People creep up on each other both on the streets and online, with digital technologies vectoring a lot of cyber-stalking. It¿s so easy to spy on people that ¿creep catching¿ has even become a form of news entertainment in shows such as ¿To Catch a Predator.¿ But what defines a creep is so broad that nearly anyone can be a creep at times. Many of us wonder if we ourselves have been creepy, or if perhaps we engage in behavior that, if others knew, would easily earn us the title ¿creep.¿ Even Donald Trump, during the raucous 2016 campaign, was called a ¿creep¿ on several occasions by various news media. Indeed, for many of us, the specter of the creep is not just threatening, but exciting ¿ exciting perhaps in the possibility of threat. Yes, we get creeped out. But we are also fascinated by creeps, perhaps in part because we all sense the potential inside ourselves for creepy behavior. In this provocative and engaging new book, Jonathan Alexander interweaves personal narrative and cultural analyses to explore what it means to be a creep. Calling this work a critical memoir, he draws on his own experiences growing up gay in the deep south, while also interrogating examples from literature and popular film and media, to approach the figure of the creep with some sympathy. Ranging widely over contemporary culture, especially the ever-creeping presence of nearly ubiquitous surveillance, Alexander confesses his own creepiness while also explaining to us what being creepy can show us in turn about our culture. He also resurrects some famous ¿creeps¿ from the past, such as J.R. Ackerley, to explore what makes a creep creepy, and how even the best of us succumb at times to being creeps. Ultimately, Alexander argues, a study of creepiness might offer us critical insight into the fundamental perversity of how we live. Creep: A Life, A Theory, an Apology is a timely meditation for our strange and creepy times