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Are machines feminine?

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Are machines feminine?
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exploring the relations between design and perception of machines and the dynamics in between
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Why do navigation systems have feminine voices? We know Tay, Eliza, Siri not only as female names, but also as chatbots and software, which directly interact with humans. Although computer programs are per se genderless, gender seems not to be cancelled out in human-machine interaction, but why?
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