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Artificial knowing : gender and the thinking machine / Alison Adam.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Adam, Alison.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women--Effect of technological innovations on.
Women.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence.
Expert systems (Computer science).
Knowledge representation (Information theory).
Feminist theory.
Physical Description:
v, 210 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Alison Adam challenges the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence of the world in her book which re-enforces criticisms of the AI project. Adam also shows how gender bias is programmed into AI-based systems using theories based on feminism.
Contents:
chapter INTRODUCTION
chapter 1 FEMINIST RESOURCES
chapter 2 AI IN CONTEXT
chapter 3 THE KNOWING SUBJECT IN AI
chapter 4 KNOWLEDGE, LANGUAGE AND RATIONALITY IN AI
chapter 5 EMBODIMENT AND SITUATEDNESS
chapter 6 FEMINIST AI PROJECTS AND CYBERFUTURES.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-201) and index.
ISBN:
1-134-79355-3
0-203-00505-8
1-134-79356-1
1-280-50648-2
9786610506484
9780203005057
OCLC:
900343524

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