The ivory tower of an elite university questions the voice of Alexa! Do not many of us prefer a warm, kind female voice over male barking? 😊
When gender obsessions go haywire! What is a "gender neutral voice"? The tech voice of a robot?
These JHU scientists complain about gender stereotypes by using themselves the gender stereotype of toxic masculinity! So much for academic rigor tainted by ideology!
"Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with women. New research by Johns Hopkins engineers reveals that this behavior also extends to AI-powered voice assistants like Alexa and Siri, with men interrupting them almost twice as often as women do. These findings raise concerns about how voice assistant design—notably the use of stereotypically "feminine" traits like apologetic behavior and warmth—may reinforce gender biases, leading researchers to advocate for the design of more gender-neutral voiced tools. ..."
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