AI and Film 2024 • FILM 485 • PROFESSOR GREGORY ZINMAN

Tag: Fembot

  • Fembots Need a Body

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    Abby Harrington
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    Android refers to a human-like robot and is the default category, like robot. Technically, android is a masculine description that we use as an umbrella term. Don’t you worry, however, there are categories for female-gendered robots: gynoid and fembot. Robots are literally genderless. As movies, tech bros, and anyone else attempting to create or depict…

  • I didn’t ask for AI to be my Housewife!

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    Lani Wagatsuma
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    Since the dawn of man, the concept of having artificial intelligence has orbited around serviced robots for male satisfaction. Fortunately, men aren’t the only dwellers on the planet. But even with the progression in women’s and queer rights influencing broader representation in media and technological advancements, the depiction of sexualizable, “housewife” fembots is still the…