Cue SZA’s “Ghost in the Machine” this week because we are talking all about AI (artificial intelligence). We talk about how most of the AI we interact with on a daily basis were assigned the female gender and how we often treat them poorly. Please leave a rating and review for the show and share this episode with a friend!

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https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/feminist-icons

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-roose-ai-chatbot_n_63eeb367e4b0063ccb2bcc45

The Internalized Sexism of AI