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Want some sexism with your cool new technology?
This is from today's Wired News - I get it in my Inbox:
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She, Robot
In an unusual example of drama queens collaborating with computer geeks, Carnegie Mellon University has created what it calls the world's first robot receptionist. Valerie, a blond "roboceptionist" whose digitally animated face appears on a computer display, uses motion-detection technology to greet visitors at the entrance to a computer science hall. She answers the phone and gives directions -- although visitors must type their questions in using a keyboard. And, like a stereotypical receptionist, Valerie likes to gossip about her life, including her psychotherapy sessions, her dream of being a lounge singer and her motherboard's tendency to nag her about her social life. One of the writers who created Valerie's character admitted, "After a while on the job, she gets testy. But she can be charming too."
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How come when "hip" journalists type like that, they're not called sexist and ridiculed?
Sounds like the creators of "Valerie" need some attitude upgrades of their own...
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