| Title | Artificial Knowing: Gender and the Thinking Machine |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Authors | Adam, Alison |
| Number of Pages | 220 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| City | London ; New York |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-415-12963-3 |
| Abstract | Artificial Knowing challenges the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world. Alison Adam admirably fills the large gap in science and technology studies by showing us that gender bias is inscribed in AI-based computer systems. Her treatment of feminist epistemology, focusing on the ideas of the knowing subject, the nature of knowledge, rationality and language, are bound to make a significant and powerful contribution to AI studies. Drawing from theories by Donna Haraway and Sherry Turkle, and using tools of feminist epistemology, Adam provides a sustained critique of AI which interestingly re-enforces many of the traditional criticisms of the AI project. Artificial Knowing is an esential read for those interested in gender studies, science and technology studies, and philosophical debates in AI. |
| Notes | 'Adam traces the history of knowledge representation in AI, honing in on Cyc and Soar, and offers a critique of the codified knowledge through the lens of feminist epistemology.\n - poiril'
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| Short Title | Artificial Knowing |
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