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Unseen Hands: On the Gendered Design of Virtual Assistants and the Limits of Creative AI
Unlike other forms of artificial intelligence and machine learning that are used for creative production, female-presenting virtual assistants such as Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana, and Google Assistant are not designed to be collaborators nor content producers, but rather, to serve as mouthpieces and platforms for others' pre-designated scripts to be performed. This talk examines the gendered design and creative limitations of AI virtual assistants as part of a growing body of studies in the systemic biases of technological design
Scott Rettberg - 29.05.2021 - 15:12
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Salon August 10, 2021: Coding Coding Coding
What are you working on? What could we make happen?
Hannah Ackermans - 11.10.2021 - 14:40
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Salon September 14, 2021: Making Digital Glamour: Queer Femme Internet Aesthetics
This fun, playful, one-hour workshop explores the queer femme aesthetic--and all are welcome! What’s a queer femme aesthetic? I conceptualize it as a hyper-saturated, self-conscious, postmodern, performative femininity. Glitter, sequins, lip gloss, nail polish, dELiA*s magazine, ‘90s neon pink and slime green. Digitally, the queer femme aesthetic was innovated in spaces like Tumblr and MySpace, with tools like Blingee and Angelfire Dollz. Of course, there is no one definition of a queer/femme digital aesthetic, though I’d argue that the nail polish emoji is pretty key! Queer femme internet aesthetics often intentionally subvert minimalist design principles and usability heuristics, making the user aware of the platform/medium rather than concealing it.
Hannah Ackermans - 11.10.2021 - 14:52
