Distinguished East Asia Lecture: Jennifer Robertson, “Gendering AI and Robots: Robo-Sexism vs. ‘Womenomics’ in Japan” In humans and humanoid robots alike, gender—femininity, masculinity—constitutes an array of learned behaviors that are cosmetically enabled and enhanced. In humans, these behaviors are both socially and historically shaped, but are also contingent upon many situational influences, including individual choices. I will explore the sex/gender...
