Siri, and Cortana, smaller ice, Pepper are girls, gender discrimination? -Siri, Cortana, small ice-IT information
Beijing time on May 16 news, although it is widely acknowledged that gender discrimination in the workplace have disappeared, but in fact, this concept is still entrenched, even when assigning work to artificial intelligence robot, we can't help but demonstration of this concept.
? Soft silver Protocol droid Pepper of artificial intelligence, with ' iron man ' lead name as Assistant Tuoni·Shitake.
Ultimate manifestation of the gender discrimination in the workplace is that men are engaged in professional work, women's Secretary. Although the position of women in the workplace today has been greatly improved, but sexism has not gone away.
Reporter Laura SI·aifulaisi (Rose Eveleth) said the law firm BakerHostetler hired a man named Ross (ROSS) artificial intelligence "lawyers", the rather masculine name makes it seem a bit out of the ordinary in the world of artificial intelligence.
Critics have pointed out, including Apple, Siri, Now Google, Amazon Alexa, Microsoft artificial intelligence Cortana, assistants are female. Some people have tried to justify this trend, they point out that people react to female voices more actively.
Even if it is not speech-enabled virtual assistant have also been given the status of women. As the New York Times last year said, using all sorts of Inbox Assistant feminine names, such as Clara, Amy, Julie, Christo, Jeanne, and branch employees, Donna.
But at the same time, artificial intelligence named lawyer Ross, and IBM's high-end artificial intelligence system named Watson (Watson). Catherine Richardson, a social anthropologist at University College London (Kathleen Richardson) that the most complete set of humanoid robots is also a male.
"I think that some men may reflect women's views-they believe that women are not a complete human being. "She said," in their eyes, is the role of women can be replicated, but more complex robots must be male . ”
Siri、小娜、小冰、Pepper都是女孩子，性别歧视？ - Siri,小娜,小冰 - IT资讯
北京时间5月16日下午消息，虽然人们普遍认为职场性别歧视已经消失，但实际上，这种观念至今仍然根深蒂固，就连给人工智能机器人分配工作时，我们都会不由自主地表现出这种观念。
▲软银的人工智能礼仪机器人Pepper，与《钢铁侠》主角托尼·史塔克的女助手同名。
职场性别歧视最集中的体现是：男性从事专业工作，女性的从事秘书工作。虽然职场女性如今的地位已经得到了极大提升，但性别歧视其实并未真正消失。
记者萝丝·埃弗莱斯(Rose Eveleth)表示，在律师事务所BakerHostetler聘用了一个名叫罗斯(ROSS)的人工智能“律师”后，这个颇为男性化的名字使之在人工智能世界中显得有些与众不同。
批评者曾经指出，包括苹果Siri、谷歌Now、亚马逊Alexa、微软Cortana在内的人工智能助手都像是女性。有些人还试图为这一趋势开脱，他们指出，人们对女性声音的反应更加积极。
即便是没有语音功能的虚拟助手也被赋予了女性的身份。正如《纽约时报》去年所说，各种各样的收件箱助手都采用了女性化的名字，例如克拉拉、艾米、茱莉、克里斯托、珍妮、科劳、唐娜等。
而与此同时，人工智能律师却起名叫罗斯，而IBM的高端人工智能系统也被命名为沃森(Watson)。伦敦大学学院社会人类学家凯瑟琳·理查森(Kathleen Richardson)表示，多数完整的类人机器人同样是男性。
“我认为这可能反映出某些男性对女性的看法——他们认为女性并不算是完整的人类。”她说，“在他们眼中，女性是作用是可以复制的，但更加复杂的机器人必须是男性。”
