fembots
Artificial mechanical women
Fembots are female robots, especially humanoid ones designed with feminine features.
The term gained currency from the *Austin Powers* films, where fembots were seductive android assassins.
It now applies broadly to female robots in science fiction, AI assistants with female personas, or disparagingly to women perceived as robotic or unthinking: She's not a fembot—she has her own opinions.
Human-shaped artificial beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- Stepford WivesDocile feminine duplicates
- MetropolisHero's fictional American city
- Ex MachinaContrived plot resolution
Alicia · Ava · Austin Powers · Blade Runner · humanoid · anthropomorphic
Reducing humans to things
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- gender biasPrejudice based on sex
- male gazeSexualized viewing of women
commodification · misogyny · patriarchy · empowerment · representation · gender roles · domesticity · servitude
Speculative fiction with technological themes
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- dystopianDepicting oppressive imagined societies
- WestworldSci-fi frontier resort
- Ex MachinaContrived plot resolution
Blade Runner · Austin Powers · Metropolis · Stepford Wives · Battlestar Galactica · Terminator · Futurama · Buffy
Machines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- programmingWriting software instructions
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
processors · sensors · cybernetics · hardware · software · algorithm · microprocessor · actuators
androids
Human-shaped artificial beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- Stepford WivesDocile feminine duplicates
- MetropolisHero's fictional American city
Ex Machina · Alicia · Ava · Austin Powers · Blade Runner · humanoid · anthropomorphic
objectification
Reducing humans to things
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- gender biasPrejudice based on sex
male gaze · commodification · misogyny · patriarchy · empowerment · representation · gender roles · domesticity · servitude · agency
science fiction
Speculative fiction with technological themes
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- dystopianDepicting oppressive imagined societies
- WestworldSci-fi frontier resort
Ex Machina · Blade Runner · Austin Powers · Metropolis · Stepford Wives · Battlestar Galactica · Terminator · Futurama · Buffy · A.I.
artificial intelligence
Machines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- programmingWriting software instructions
circuitry · processors · sensors · cybernetics · hardware · software · algorithm · microprocessor · actuators · voice recognition
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
allure · aesthetics · sensual · sleek · curves · humanlike · uncanny valley · lifelike · silicone · synthetic skin