# Artificial Intelligence Lacks Artificial Femininity by Bruce Sterling > "One of my many objections to "Artificial Intelligence" is its stark lack of any "Artificial Femininity." Real intelligence has gender, because human brains do." > **— Bruce Sterling**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Thinking Machines](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26093) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Bruce Sterling; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Escape Hatch in the Skull|Escape Hatch in the Skull]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Personal Identity|Personal Identity]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Biological Organization|Biological Organization]] - [[wiki/Human Intelligence|Human Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Cognitive Science|Cognitive Science]] - [[wiki/Embodied Cognition|Embodied Cognition]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "One of my many objections to "Artificial Intelligence" is its stark lack of any "Artificial Femininity." Real intelligence has gender, because human brains do." — Bruce Sterling, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bruce-sterling-artificial-intelligence-lacks-artificial-femininity ```