A Summary of the Article. Maria Cherkasova

 


     Recently, I've read an really interesting article that got me thinking. The article “Alexa, why does the brave new world of AI have all the sexism of the old one?” written by Yomi Adegoke is devoted to the discussion of the problem of feminism.

    First, the author draws our attention to women be over-represented in the workforce in industries of assistance: nursing, cleaning, secretarial work and now virtual assistants. She gives an example of research by Unesco that has shown the using of female voices in AI, for example Apple with Siri, is furthering the belief that women are to help men to get on with more important things. Then the author analyzes the world of AI technologies. Robots from the different fantastic and sci-fi films, computer games and books are tend to be coded as male, for example Terminator, Star Wars and RoboCop. She also emphasizes that a male's voice are characterized with power, they are used for leading uprisings,   murderous characters and a woman’s voice сomprises a service and a politely patience that serves on the automated menu, for example “Friday” in Iron Man.

     The author concludes that women are still not free from the gender stereotypes, arguing  that “ It seems we envisage sexism even in society at its most advanced and progressive.”


     As for me, I have never thought about it and haven't paid attention to the fact that tech companies use predominantly female voices. I think they are using it for AI technologies  just because a female voice is considered more pleasant than a male voice.

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  1. Natalia EydelmanMay 26, 2019 at 12:12 AM

    Your summary gives a good idea about the main points of the article and is well-organised. However, there are some problems with Mechanics and Language which I listed below:

    shown **the using of female voices in AI > how female voices are used in AI
    from **the different fantastic (WW): "fantastic" means great; you could use "fantasy" or sci-fi dependining on the genre
    Remember that it is not common to use quotations in summaries because by definition they are written in the writers' own words
    have never think about: WF

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    1. Natalia EydelmanMay 26, 2019 at 12:13 AM

      Content: 5
      Organisation: 5
      Mechanics: 4
      Language: 4

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