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UNINA9910971100403321 |
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Autore |
Adam Alison |
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Titolo |
Artificial knowing : gender and the thinking machine / / Alison Adam |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-79355-3 |
0-203-00505-8 |
1-134-79356-1 |
1-280-50648-2 |
9786610506484 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Effect of technological innovations on |
Artificial intelligence - Social aspects |
Expert systems (Computer science) |
Knowledge representation (Information theory) |
Feminist theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-201) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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