We tackled the same topic from two different angles just a couple of hours apart. Now that's some frightening mind meld.
In terms of science fiction and our framework of AI fear, I hypothesized in 2017 that our preference for female-sounding voice assistants was in part driven by our connection of male AI voices with science fiction horror films. The developers of these tools also benefitted from minimizing the risk that people would say HAL was being welcomed into the home.
I would suggest just following some of those folks, and think about whether you'd like to do a full piece (that's what I do each week), or a Note (no problem there, several folks just make recommendations, which I find awesome). Let me know what you think!
Oh yeah, you're certainly welcome to check out the full posts I've done for ideas:
We tackled the same topic from two different angles just a couple of hours apart. Now that's some frightening mind meld.
In terms of science fiction and our framework of AI fear, I hypothesized in 2017 that our preference for female-sounding voice assistants was in part driven by our connection of male AI voices with science fiction horror films. The developers of these tools also benefitted from minimizing the risk that people would say HAL was being welcomed into the home.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you the weather, Dave."
Nice, Jurgen. You might really enjoy participating in Sci-Friday some time! This fits right in.
How do I do that? I'd love to!
I will usually post a note each week leading up to Friday, usually on Wednesday. Here's the last one: https://substack.com/@goatfury/note/c-42884759
I would suggest just following some of those folks, and think about whether you'd like to do a full piece (that's what I do each week), or a Note (no problem there, several folks just make recommendations, which I find awesome). Let me know what you think!
Oh yeah, you're certainly welcome to check out the full posts I've done for ideas:
Last week - https://goatfury.substack.com/p/meeting-the-incredible-hulk
This week - https://goatfury.substack.com/p/vonnegut
Recommendation-based (faster) post - https://goatfury.substack.com/p/sci-friday-go-watch
I always try to make it a little different each week. I guess it's fair to say I put some work into this!
Thanks! I'll have a look into it!