Chatbots Get BeDazzled

The Dazzle assistant was recently announced to considerable backlash. If this feels like a hollow representation of women in tech, what does a better one look like?

Concepts

• Digital Assistants

• Privacy

• Feminism
• Matriarchy
• Innovation

References

• ⁠Marissa Mayer Ran Yahoo. She’s Back With A.I. She Thinks Women Will Love⁠ - New York Times article by Alexandra Alter
• AI is supposed to give parents time back. Marissa Mayer’s viral anecdote shows how complicated that promise can be - Fortune article by Emma Hinchliffe
• The Oxymoron of Data-Driven Innovation by Chelsea Troy
• Wheelchair-to-Warfare pipeline
• The Hank Green Situation Is Weird and Sad — Super Eyepatch Wolf
• Inventing on Principle - Bret Victor
• Dark Factory Considered Harmful - podcast episode
• Grace Hopper Celebration
• WALL·E

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