Polaris .ical Intervention 30/12 11:30 60minutes Are machines feminine? Polaris Why do navigation systems have feminine voices? We know Tay, Eliza, Siri not only as female names, but also as chatbots and software, which directly interact with humans. Although computer programs are per se genderless, gender seems not to be cancelled out in human-machine interaction, but why? Art & Culture Dijkstra