Posted on 05/23/2019 5:31:27 AM PDT by Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues
NEW YORK (AP) Are the female voices behind Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa amplifying gender bias around the world?
The United Nations thinks so.
A report released Wednesday by the UN's culture and science organization raises concerns about what it describes as the "hardwired subservience" built into default female-voiced assistants operated by Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
The report is called "I'd Blush If I Could." It's a reference to an answer Apple's Siri gives after hearing sexist insults from users. It says it's a problem that millions of people are getting accustomed to commanding female-voiced assistants that are "servile, obedient and unfailingly polite," even when confronted with harassment from humans.
The agency recommends tech companies stop making digital assistants female by default and program them to discourage gender-based insults and abusive language.
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My Mac has so many voices to choose from there's no way I can listen to them all:
English U.S. Female
English U.S. Male
English U.S. Novelty
I got the Siri Australian female voice. I was hoping it would sound like Sandy from Grease, but she’s older and I think she’s gained weight.
RE: Siri is not a person. Siri is a simulation. If it were named Jack, and had a voice with a lower frequency, they would say it represented the patriarchy and male dominance.
Bingo
Ok. I don’t have a listening device, but thought it would be fun to pick a voice. Like Humphrey Bogart, Jerry Clower or Larry the Cable guy.
get er done!!
US out of UN! UN out of US!
DANG!
Siri can do male voices also. Maybe they need to add more choices, like Greg Gutfeld of The Five. Imagine the responses when you try to insult Siri or ask for a joke.
what’s next, whining about female aircraft voice warning systems???
The prospects dim for continued residuals from US-produced re-runs.
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Male- and Female-voiced SIRI are equally incompetent.
if I want to know the time, all I need to do is say ‘What time is it’ I guess I just feel strange calling a bunch of plastic and other junk by name
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