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Mastodon posts by @trenchworms@eldritch.cafe:
super revealing of the misogyny inherent to the space that “AI assistants” stopped being given feminine-coded names the moment tech chuds thought they were developing higher levels of autonomy
“i TELL Alexa what to do. i COLLABROATE with Chudbot. i will not reflect on this hierarchy at all.”
Bixby’s only visual representation was a lowercase “b” in negative space on blue leaf/teardrop shape. S Voice was a microphone. It’s never had a humanoid avatar.
Siri’s was a handwritten “Siri” with a green circle for the dot on the “I”; after Apple bought it, it was a microphone and then an abstract blue/purple design. It’s never had a humanoid avatar.
Google Now wasn’t stand-alone and didn’t have any particular design - the button was a microphone in the Google palette. Google Assistant got an abstract set of circles in the Google palette. It’s never had a humanoid avatar.
So I guess we’re just talking about Cortana, unless I’ve missed any notable ones?
(Edit: Alexa didn’t have an avatar; the logo was a lowercase “alexa” in the Amazon style with the smirking Amazon arrow. Evi had a plain circle with a dot and an arc, like a cyclopean emoji. Ivona was a headless service.)