http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11...fmredir=sm
EXCERPT: [...] Feminist researcher and digital media scholar Miriam Sweeney, from the University of Alabama, believes the fact that virtual agents are overwhelmingly represented as women is not accidental.
"It definitely corresponds to the kinds of tasks they carry out," she says.
It's a brave new world of AI and algorithms. Listen to the full Science Friction episode.
"Service work, domestic labour, healthcare, office assistants — these are all industries which are heavily feminised — and also often low paid and low status, with precarious work conditions."
[...] "It's maybe unsurprising that users abuse bots, but they really do it a lot," Ms Feldman says...
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EXCERPT: [...] Feminist researcher and digital media scholar Miriam Sweeney, from the University of Alabama, believes the fact that virtual agents are overwhelmingly represented as women is not accidental.
"It definitely corresponds to the kinds of tasks they carry out," she says.
It's a brave new world of AI and algorithms. Listen to the full Science Friction episode.
"Service work, domestic labour, healthcare, office assistants — these are all industries which are heavily feminised — and also often low paid and low status, with precarious work conditions."
[...] "It's maybe unsurprising that users abuse bots, but they really do it a lot," Ms Feldman says...
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