To the question “Does artificial intelligence have gender?”, the ChatGPT he simply responds: “I have no gender or personal identity.”
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The chatbot is not wrong. Since AI is, first and foremost, a sequence of numbers, it is incapable of adopting, as a human being does, the characteristics of this or that genre.
However, several studies show that digital assistants often have feminine traits, starting with their voice or first name. Two obvious examples are Alexa e Cortana, the voice assistants developed by Amazon e Microsoft. We must also not forget the Crab da Apple, which in Norwegian means “beautiful woman guiding you to victory”.
“Many companies, like Google, have clearly defined the gender of their digital assistants”, says Hilary Bergen, researcher at The New School in New York. According to her, voice assistants are “clearly inspired by secretaries”.
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Kindness, benevolence and sweetness
Artificial intelligence can make many users suspicious. But to inspire confidence, the AI device is programmed to imitate qualities such as kindness, benevolence and sweetness – characteristics usually attributed to women. The problem? This approach may perpetuate a long-standing view of women as objects.
Looking at AI and its gender means looking at its creators, the vast majority of whom are men. According to the World Economic Forum, only 22% of AI professionals are women.
“AI acts as a true mirror of our society. So as long as we are imperfect, AI will be imperfect,” concludes Hilary Bergen.
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