So many people 1) think of AI as their unpaid “personal assistant” and at the same time 2) think of AI chatbots as being women. I really hope AI doesn’t accidentally re-normalize the master/servant dynamic, and it may not, but it’s something to watch out for in the coming years.
I work in a field (technical editing) that may be replaced by AI bosses overvaluing AI, but at the moment, my job is more necessary than ever because all my writers now insist on sending me slop instead of actually doing their jobs.
So many people 1) think of AI as their unpaid “personal assistant” and at the same time 2) think of AI chatbots as being women. I really hope AI doesn’t accidentally re-normalize the master/servant dynamic, and it may not, but it’s something to watch out for in the coming years.
I work in a field (technical editing) that may be replaced by
AIbosses overvaluing AI, but at the moment, my job is more necessary than ever because all my writers now insist on sending me slop instead of actually doing their jobs.I have the AI voice set to male, so I think of men as my unpaid assistant. 😉
source?
Here you go!
2.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349711573_The_most_human_bot_Female_gendering_increases_humanness_perceptions_of_bots_and_acceptance_of_AI
3.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385046331_He_or_she_Impact_of_gender’s_well-being_chatbots_on_user_perceptions_and_intentions_a_study_of_agency_communality_and_trust
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337403025_Gender_Bias_in_Chatbot_Design
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-ai-bots-and-voice-assistants-reinforce-gender-bias/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-19212-2#Sec19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882126000757#sec4
https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/21003
9.https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1757581825000131#sec002.4.7
https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/crsj/vol30/iss2/4/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444569X25002239
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10778012251397966
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/dcc80056-89bb-48ae-b45f-975d4aea957f/content
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-026-01049-8
Well done on the resources! Do you have access to academic journals?
Sadly, no. I tried to pull sources that had full text, but there were a few where that was not the case.
One of the things I miss most from college was free and universal access to this stuff.
Yeah canbe tricky!