Artificial intelligence has a gender-bias problem - just ask Siri

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Adams, R. (2020) Artificial intelligence has a gender-bias problem - just ask Siri. HSRC Review. 18(1):14-15. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15262

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Abstract:
All the virtual personal assistants on the market today come with a default female voice and are programmed to respond to all kinds of suggestive questions. Does their design as stereotyped females suggest that in the midst of a global technological revolution, women remain trapped in traditional roles and personalities of the past?
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19 Apr 2020
 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT
SIRI
GENDER EQUALITY
 
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