Re: [Air-L] female gendered AIs and chat bots
thank you! On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Todd O'Neill <Todd.O'Neill@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@mtsu.edu LinkedIn: toddoneill | FaceBook: OneillTodd | Twitter: mtsunewmedia
On Mar 30, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Fred Fuchs <fred@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. "
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168713/Fighter-pilots-nagging-Nora-...
How will this all change though as more women become military pilots?
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Also slightly off topic, but Adrienne Lafrance has an article today in The Atlantic called “Why Do So Many Digital Assistants Have Feminine Names”. Even though it is non-academic, it does reference Kathleen Richardson’s “Anthropology of Robots and AI”. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/why-do-so-many-digital... Adam -- Dr Adam Nash Program Manager, B.Design (Digital Media). Director, Playable Media Lab, Centre for Game Design Research. School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Building 9, Level 5, Room 4, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3001 +61-3-9925-2598 adam.nash@rmit.edu.au www.rmit.edu.au/mediacommunication CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A
On 31 Mar 2016, at 2:41 AM, Caroline Sinders <csinders@gmail.com> wrote:
thank you!
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Todd O'Neill <Todd.O'Neill@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@mtsu.edu LinkedIn: toddoneill | FaceBook: OneillTodd | Twitter: mtsunewmedia
On Mar 30, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Fred Fuchs <fred@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. "
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168713/Fighter-pilots-nagging-Nora-...
How will this all change though as more women become military pilots?
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