The glass ceiling of gendered voices in Artificial Intelligence. Or: sexA.I.sm. Science fiction has shaped the aesthetics and sounds of tech today. So, here's a question: what if Apple's Siri talked to 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL 9000? The subject: why Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant have feminine voices and why HAL - not to mention, IBM's Watson - talk like guys. http://www.popsci.com * * * Producer/Video By - Tom McNamara Footage - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Warner bros. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Marvel Her (2014), Warner Bros IBM Star Trek: Next Generation, CBS Corp.
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