[Air-L] female gendered AIs and chat bots

[Winifred Poster]

Hi Caroline,

Did you see this article in today’s Atlantic:  "Why Do So Many Digital Assistants Have Feminine Names?"
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/why-do-so-many-digital-assistants-have-feminine-names/475884/

I also have a chapter discussing the gendering (and nationalizing) of AI and bots, “The Virtual Receptionist with a Human Touch:  Opposing Pressures of Digital Automation and Outsourcing in Interactive Service” in my forthcoming book with Marion Crain and Miriam Cherry, Invisible Labor.
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520286405

Winnie
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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 09:07:40 -0700
From: Caroline Sinders <csinders at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Air-L] female gendered AIs and chat bots
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hi all!

i'm looking for any papers and studies on how users respond to female
gendered AI and bots. it doesn't have to be task oriented AI (aka helpers)
but even things that are more whimsical and narrative based, like games or
entertainment.

thanks!
caroline

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