Feminist Worries Digital Assistants Like Alexa and Siri Will Be Sexually Harassed - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

synchrocone · 03-02-2017, 09:10 PM

"Self-described feminist Leah Fessler says [ame="https://twitter.com/LeahFessler/status/834429784675459072"]there’s a problem with America’s newfound obsession with digital assistants[/ame] like Siri, Alexa and Cortana: you can sexually harass them for weeks on end and they won’t fight back.
Fessler knows this because she engaged in what she deemed an “experiment:” she, herself, sexually harassed several different digital assistants for more than a month, peppering the poor robots with verbal abuse in order to demonstrate that “something must be done” to protect disembodied computer voices from wanton misogyny and Patriachal violence.
Each bot, Fessler found, “helps entrech sexist tropes through their passivity.” Being programmed as a digital assistant, apparently, makes them not just harmful to themselves, but to the whole of womankind.
She begins by admitting that most digital assistants can be programmed to speak in male voices, but that the sexists in Silicon Valley have discovered women’s voices make more money, so they’ve misogynistically pre-programmed the default setting to female.
She then goes on to methodically detail her robot harassment in a chart, cataloging various responses to her insults as she goes."

finch1750 · 03-02-2017, 09:15 PM

Interesting first post...lets see if this goes downhill as fast as i think it will

Tcoat · 03-02-2017, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by finch1750

Interesting first post...lets see if this goes downhill as fast as i think it will

Takes out phone
"Siri, how fast will this thread go down hill?"

finch1750 · 03-02-2017, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Takes out phone
"Siri, how fast will this thread go down hill bitch?"

Fify

Tcoat · 03-02-2017, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by finch1750

Fify

Oh yes that is better. That slut.

Cole · 03-02-2017, 09:35 PM

Synchromesh?

soulreapersteve · 03-02-2017, 09:36 PM

Mmmmmm Cortana

Tcoat · 03-02-2017, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Mmmmmm Cortana

Yes. Clearly she would feel sexualy harassed if you asked her for sex.

soulreapersteve · 03-02-2017, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yes. Clearly she would feel sexualy harassed if you asked her for sex.

I've bet she has had thoughts with the Chief.

Just didn't have a physical body to do so..

Tcoat · 03-02-2017, 09:44 PM

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I've bet she has had thoughts with the Chief.

Just didn't have a physical body to do so..

Maybe Master Chief has some surprises for her.

Allch Chcar · 03-03-2017, 02:35 AM

Well we can surmise from this "sexual harrassment experiment" which virtual assistant would is the best personality wise. Now we just need gijinka/humanization of the virtual assistants too.

synchromesh · 03-03-2017, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cole

Synchromesh?

Some guy in our city was in the news a couple years ago because he got caught on surveillance camera in the elevator kicking his guard dog. Maybe pissed on the rug. It wasn't a roundhouse but more like a 13 yard pass. He ended up doing community service iirc.

A few months ago, this guy in the elevator picked up his dog and kissed it on what I thought was the mouth.

I'd say just keep it behind closed doors.

Cole · 03-03-2017, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by synchromesh

Some guy in our city was in the news a couple years ago because he got caught on surveillance camera in the elevator kicking his guard dog. Maybe pissed on the rug. It wasn't a roundhouse but more like a 13 yard pass. He ended up doing community service iirc.

A few months ago, this guy in the elevator picked up his dog and kissed it on what I thought was the mouth.

I'd say just keep it behind closed doors.

Certainly relevant.

Ultramaroon · 03-03-2017, 02:52 AM

Well, that's two minutes I'll never get back.

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synchrocone Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Drives: 2017 FR-S Location: GVRD, BC Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Feminist Worries Digital Assistants Like Alexa and Siri Will Be Sexually Harassed "Self-described feminist Leah Fessler says [ame="https://twitter.com/LeahFessler/status/834429784675459072"]there’s a problem with America’s newfound obsession with digital assistants[/ame] like Siri, Alexa and Cortana: you can sexually harass them for weeks on end and they won’t fight back. Fessler knows this because she engaged in what she deemed an “experiment:” she, herself, sexually harassed several different digital assistants for more than a month, peppering the poor robots with verbal abuse in order to demonstrate that “something must be done” to protect disembodied computer voices from wanton misogyny and Patriachal violence. Each bot, Fessler found, “helps entrech sexist tropes through their passivity.” Being programmed as a digital assistant, apparently, makes them not just harmful to themselves, but to the whole of womankind. She begins by admitting that most digital assistants can be programmed to speak in male voices, but that the sexists in Silicon Valley have discovered women’s voices make more money, so they’ve misogynistically pre-programmed the default setting to female. She then goes on to methodically detail her robot harassment in a chart, cataloging various responses to her insults as she goes." Attached Images

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