COMPUTERS, SEX AND GENDER
AH, you thought I was about to post on how AIWs (Artificially Intelligent Whatevers) have changed the way we humans think in terms of human sex and gender. Nope. Couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m talking more in terms of determining the sex and gender of your personal AIWs. You know, your trusted computer, cell phone, home alarm system, self-driving program.
It all started the other day when, based on a computer incident, I began to wonder what sex my computer was. Male or female, both in terms of its physical structure(s) and programming. Computers, especially when malfunctioning do seem in my fervent brain to act and think in decidedly different ways, generally more male-like or female-like. In simplest terms, PC’s seem male when dysfunctional, by which I mean impulsive and aggressive. Mac’s on the other hand seem more feminine, meaning forgiving and cooperative. Okay, call me a psycho if you want, but give the idea a few days to percolate in your own brain and see what comes of it. I yell at PCs when they disfunction; I politely cooperate with my Mac. Then there are those “crossover” Mac programs for PC users or less-likely-to-work PC programs for Mac users. Did I just sense a reaction? Strike a nerve? Bring about an aberrant thought? Like I said, just give it a few days…
So those are my immediate thoughts on REAL “computer sex.” Computer gender, like human gender, however, seems more complex. I mean, there are AIWs that simply “feel” more socially familiar, cozier or attractive to human males, with others the same to human females. Call them male-males or female-females, and don’t give me any of that sexless, neuter stuff. AIWs are made and programmed by humans, and in my fertile mind, will always have, if not flagrantly display sex and gender. When physical, programming and social attractiveness consistently coincide, we’re talking sex-gender compatibility. I’ll let you take it from there. Again, give it a few days before coming to a conclusion or dissing this all off.
One could argue for a computer of either sex that appeals equally strongly (though often in different ways) to both male and female users. I sure you’ve already guessed: The elusive “bi-” AIW that businesses are so eager to create. And then there are the AIWs that are “updated” to appear and appeal to the other sex/gender, and the new non-binary quantum AIWs. Go figure more.
Then there are the statistical, political, emotional and social media interpretations of all of the above. Lately, I’ve been wondering how AIWs might be reacting to our liking and acceptance of them or not. Sorry, all that is too complicated and, quite frankly, exhausting to delve into in this one post. However, rest assured my author mind is actively at work in this broader arena, especially in regard to my upcoming sequel to THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor — https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859, almost finished and appropriately, tentatively entitled PROPHECY.
Video Book Preview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6CC...
THE EDGE OF MADNESS is available in printed, digital and human-read audiobook, and has been purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
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It all started the other day when, based on a computer incident, I began to wonder what sex my computer was. Male or female, both in terms of its physical structure(s) and programming. Computers, especially when malfunctioning do seem in my fervent brain to act and think in decidedly different ways, generally more male-like or female-like. In simplest terms, PC’s seem male when dysfunctional, by which I mean impulsive and aggressive. Mac’s on the other hand seem more feminine, meaning forgiving and cooperative. Okay, call me a psycho if you want, but give the idea a few days to percolate in your own brain and see what comes of it. I yell at PCs when they disfunction; I politely cooperate with my Mac. Then there are those “crossover” Mac programs for PC users or less-likely-to-work PC programs for Mac users. Did I just sense a reaction? Strike a nerve? Bring about an aberrant thought? Like I said, just give it a few days…
So those are my immediate thoughts on REAL “computer sex.” Computer gender, like human gender, however, seems more complex. I mean, there are AIWs that simply “feel” more socially familiar, cozier or attractive to human males, with others the same to human females. Call them male-males or female-females, and don’t give me any of that sexless, neuter stuff. AIWs are made and programmed by humans, and in my fertile mind, will always have, if not flagrantly display sex and gender. When physical, programming and social attractiveness consistently coincide, we’re talking sex-gender compatibility. I’ll let you take it from there. Again, give it a few days before coming to a conclusion or dissing this all off.
One could argue for a computer of either sex that appeals equally strongly (though often in different ways) to both male and female users. I sure you’ve already guessed: The elusive “bi-” AIW that businesses are so eager to create. And then there are the AIWs that are “updated” to appear and appeal to the other sex/gender, and the new non-binary quantum AIWs. Go figure more.
Then there are the statistical, political, emotional and social media interpretations of all of the above. Lately, I’ve been wondering how AIWs might be reacting to our liking and acceptance of them or not. Sorry, all that is too complicated and, quite frankly, exhausting to delve into in this one post. However, rest assured my author mind is actively at work in this broader arena, especially in regard to my upcoming sequel to THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor — https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859, almost finished and appropriately, tentatively entitled PROPHECY.
Video Book Preview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6CC...
THE EDGE OF MADNESS is available in printed, digital and human-read audiobook, and has been purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
#DanielSJanik #RaymondGaynor #author #actor #TheEdgeOfMadness #prophecy #computer #AI #artificial #intelligence #sex #gender #LGBTQ #male #female #non-binary #quantum #Aignos #Savant #book #ebook #digital #program #audiobook #manga #animation #film #movie #KSimmonsProductions
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