TO BE (CERTAIN) OR NOT TO BE (CERTAIN) - A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

This paper examines French post-structuralist feminist philosophy and its implications on different ways of thinking. We relate these theories to some aspects of Artificial Intelligence, in particular to expert systems. We argue that although expert systems have provided a big step forward in computing, they represent mostly the masculine aspect of our Western tradition. Therefore care must be taken in the development of these systems as they may reinforce existing gender biases.