The Good Robot is a feminist tech podcast exploring themes of cyberfeminism, AI, and political ethics. It challenges the idea that technology is separated from human values.

Their episode, ‘The Curse of Online Beauty Culture’ explores how beauty ideals are being shaped by AI and social media filters into hyperfeminine, Eurocentric templates. This informed my view and around the “palatibility” of femininity, and how tech influences racialisation and the pressure for young girls to conform.

Another episode, ‘Does AI Know How You Feel?’ critiques emotion-recognition AI, arguing that emotional modulation in facial expressions and vocal intonation can’t be read by AI, and is typically informed by male-centric data.