
Feminism, Embodied Cognition and AI Regulation with N. Katherine Hayles
The Good Robot
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The Importance of Embodiment in AI
Feminism is crucial, but I think the problem goes deeper than that. It stems from the very human tendency to want to project an anthropocentric personality or subjectivity onto anything that is recognized as having cognitive abilities. We could say that chatbots fall into that category. Designed from the outset for value, what am I trying to achieve? What is the value here? And how can I design this AI or any, really any technological object in such a way that it fosters these values and doesn't hinder or undercut them? That's a very sound approach.
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