why don't we have more stories about trans* AIs?
aside from b-mo in adventure time, every robot or AI i can think of is assigned either male or female by the humans who create them. and you always have that moment, right, where the one asshole character calls the AI "it" derisively, and they're creator/human best friend snaps back "his name is ____." it's not just that AIs are assigned gender, but that their gender is specifically used to assert their personhood. as if you need those male or female pronouns for the audience to believe the AI is truly conscious.
i want stories about AIs who think about this, and decide they want to identify themselves. AIs who read up on human gender politics and decide to identify as gender neutral, because they have no personal stake in gender differences. AIs who realize how many of their kind are automatically assumed male, and decide they want to control their own definitions. AIs who become fascinated by human fashion and start to explore new ways of presenting. transfeminine AIs. genderfluid AIs. AIs creating new genders to reflect their experiences as non-human beings.
i just have a hard time believing that any intelligent autonomous being could be defined among humans by human pronouns, and not start to question how they wound up in such a binary system.
