Do smart assistants need a feminist reboot? Part 2 – podcast

According to aUN study published last year, smart assistants with female voices are often programmed with contrite and demure responses to verbal abuse or harassment, entrenching harmful gender biases. In the second oftwo episodes,Alex Hern takes a look at the sexualisation of female AI and robots, what this means for how we treat them, and asks how we can give them a feminist rebootContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 1, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Alex Hern and produced by Madeleine Finlay Tags: Science Technology Robots Virtual assistant Smart homes Source Type: news