Pressestimmen
..."well-written and clear... puts a new slant on the long-running debates on the foundation and practice of AI."
-"Mind, Culture and, and Activity: An International Journal
"A truly original contribution. For the first time we have a reading of recent feminist theory in relation to a comprehensive and critical review of projects in artificial intelligence, and of relevant developments in the sociology of knowledge and social studies of technology."
-Lucy Suchman, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
"This is a very important book ... It deserves to be read by both sides of what has for too long been a 'gender-technology split' - by mainstream feminists who, barring a small community of feminist scholars of technology, have paid scant attention to technology, and by all those interested in the 'AI debate' which has for so long been notable for its lack of a feminist voice. Wendy Faulkner, University of Edinburgh."
-"Mind, Culture and, and Activity: An International Journal
"A truly original contribution. For the first time we have a reading of recent feminist theory in relation to a comprehensive and critical review of projects in artificial intelligence, and of relevant developments in the sociology of knowledge and social studies of technology."
-Lucy Suchman, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
"This is a very important book ... It deserves to be read by both sides of what has for too long been a 'gender-technology split' - by mainstream feminists who, barring a small community of feminist scholars of technology, have paid scant attention to technology, and by all those interested in the 'AI debate' which has for so long been notable for its lack of a feminist voice. Wendy Faulkner, University of Edinburgh."
Kurzbeschreibung
Challenging the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world, this text aims to fill the gap in science and technology studies by showing how gender is inscribed in AI-based computer systems. Drawing from a wide range of social science, philosophical and feminist theory, and using tools of feminist epistemology, the author provides a sustained critique of AI which re-enforces and extends many of the traditional criticisms of the AI project.
Synopsis
Challenging the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world, this text aims to fill the gap in science and technology studies by showing how gender is inscribed in AI-based computer systems. Drawing from a wide range of social science, philosophical and feminist theory, and using tools of feminist epistemology, the author provides a sustained critique of AI which re-enforces and extends many of the traditional criticisms of the AI project.
Der Autor über sein Buch
correction to title
Just to note that my book is published in the UK on Jan. 15th, 1998 and I believe it is published in the USA at the same time. Amazon.com have picturesquely changed the word "machine" in the title to "MacHing" which sounds rather Scottish to me (and is therefore maybe quite appropriate). I'd be very pleased to receive any comments from readers
Just to note that my book is published in the UK on Jan. 15th, 1998 and I believe it is published in the USA at the same time. Amazon.com have picturesquely changed the word "machine" in the title to "MacHing" which sounds rather Scottish to me (and is therefore maybe quite appropriate). I'd be very pleased to receive any comments from readers
Über den Autor
Alison Adam is a lecturer in Computation at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. She also worked as a technical consultant and a systems analyst.
