• kaitco@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He looks hot. AI clearly has a high opinion of itself. Wait…himself? Where do we stand on applying gender to AI??

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      1 year ago

      It’s not a person, doesn’t have any sort of social characteristics, so it doesn’t have a gender any more than a lamp with a very convincing fake beard.

      • pijon@lemdro.id
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        1 year ago

        Really depends on your language. In french lamps are females for example.

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          1 year ago

          Lamps aren’t female in French, they’re feminine but this is purely grammatical and doesn’t imply any social gender. It’s just part of the word - see “fleuve” and “rivière”, both words meaning river, one masculine one feminine.

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        1 year ago

        so it doesn’t have a gender any more than a lamp with a very convincing fake beard.

        Says you! My side table goes by the pronouns of she/her.

      • Foggyfroggy@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I like to think the ai crafts a different image of itself based on who asks in order to make the meatbag more comfortable communicating.