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Artificial intelligibility: the role of gender in assigning humanness to natural language processing systems

by Jenny Carla MoranPublished online: 06 May 2024In place of ‘Artificial Intelligence’, this article proposes artificial intelligibility as the more accurate term for describing the mistaken assignment of humanness to non-living objects. Artificial Intelligibility is manifested when a user assumes

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Enculturating Men, Cultivating Masculinity

by Sam de BoisePages 57-62 | Published online: 16 Apr 2024Very few terms are as fiercely fought over and so readily used but so causally underdeveloped as that of ‘culture’. The concept has a range of different interpretations but can be broadly divided between aesthetic and anthropological uses.

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Gender Equality Plans. Processes, potentialities, contradictions and resistances in contexts of science production

On the 30th of December 2023, AG About Gender - the international open access and peer-reviewed journal that welcomes contributions from all disciplines that use a gender perspective - has published a new issue of its magazine, entitled "Gender Equality Plans. Processes, potentialities,

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Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations

The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences recently published a new report, entitled "Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations – Beyond Broadening Participation". The report examines how systemic racism in the United States has had a significant

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Gender Equality Index 2022: Gender Equality under Threat, Specific Groups Hardest Hit

The freshly launched Gender Equality Index 2022 reveals that progress continues at a snails' pace, with a mere 0.6-point increase since last year's edition. As a result, the EU average score now stands at 68.6 out of 100 points, only 5.5 points higher than in 2010.EIGE Director, Carlien Scheele said

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