[Air-L] female gendered AIs and chat bots

Caroline Sinders csinders at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 12:41:15 PDT 2016


thank you!

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Todd O'Neill <Todd.O'Neill at mtsu.edu>
wrote:

> And on a VERY side note: the woman who voiced the F-16 warning voice just
> retired from Boeing. Story on NPR a week or so ago.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Todd O'Neill
> Assistant Professor, New Media
> Electronic Media Communication Department
> College of Media and Entertainment
> Middle Tennessee State University
> todd.oneill at mtsu.edu
> LinkedIn: toddoneill  |  FaceBook: OneillTodd  |  Twitter: mtsunewmedia
>
> > On Mar 30, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Fred Fuchs <fred at firesabre.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/30/2016 11:07 AM, Caroline Sinders wrote:
> >> 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
> >>
> >
> > This isn't directly on point, but it shows UI/UX in real world
> applications.
> >
> > "Early human factors research in aircraft and other domains indicated
> that female voices were more authoritative to male pilots and crew members
> and were more likely to get their attention. "
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitching_Betty
> >
> >
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168713/Fighter-pilots-nagging-Nora-female-voice-commands-cockpit-Typhoon-jets.html
> >
> > How will this all change though as more women become military pilots?
> >
> > fred
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