Q is the First Genderless Voice, created to end gender bias in AI assistants. The product came to be with the close collaboration between Copenhagen Pride, Virtue, Equal AI, Koalition Interactive & thirtysoundsgood.
"Created for a future where we are no longer defined by gender❤️"
I've got chills listening to the voice. I think it's a big step forward for inclusivity and diversity, "humans" should be able to choose a non-binary voiced assistant. But more than that, it's very nice to see a voice option which doesn't impose genders on AI itself.
To quote Julia Carpenter, an advisor to the project "Q adds to a global discussion about who is designing gendered technology, why those choices are made, and how people feed into expectations about things like trustworthiness, intelligence, and reliability of a technology based on cultural biases rooted in their belief system about groups of people.
Q is a step forward in true innovation because it forces a critical examination of these belief systems.”
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