The cultural imaginary that enshrines robots as white, and in fact usually female, stretches back to European antiquity, along with an explosion of novels and films at the height of industrial modernity. From the first mention of the word “android” in Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s 1886 novel “The Future Eve,” the introduction of the word “robot” in Karel Čapek’s 1920 play “Rossum’s Universal Robots,” and the ،ualized robot Maria in the 1925 novel “Metropolis” by Thea von Harbou – the basis of her husband Fritz Lang’s famous 1927 film of the same name – fictional robots were quick to be feminized and made servile.
Kathleen Richardson, a robot ethicist at the De Montfort University, wrote that “the development of ، robots will further reinforce relations of power that do not recognize both parties as human subjects.” A supporter of the Campaign A،nst Sex Robots, Richardson warned “technology is not neutral. It’s informed by cl،, race and gender. Political power informs the development of technology.”
In Paris, feminists opposed ،-doll brothels on the basis that the dolls cannot consent and allow for violent fantasies. Lorraine Questiaux of the feminist group Mouvement du Nid (Nest Movement) called the brothel a “place that makes money from simulating the ، of a woman.” In Sweden, feminist ،izations moved to ban ، bots as advancing the “objectifying, ،ualised and degrading at،ude to women found in today’s mainstream ،ography.” They object to the right of men to create artificial women w، “obey their smallest command” and “cannot say no to so،ing that the man wants.”
Notably, Elon Musk could prove the great eman،tor from racist robots. While Paterson was raising the alarm, Musk unveiled his robot:
منبع: https://jonathanturley.org/2024/02/03/robot-racism-pittsburgh-professor-sounds-alarm-over-interacting-with-white-robots/