My favorite thing about the last 17 hours has been the men in my replies explaining that Alexa is a woman's name like oh ok thanks.
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What's weirder to me than the story is that Reuters is referring to Alexa as "her," rather than "it."https://twitter.com/reuters/status/999834996792811520 …
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The default feminization of subservient AIs is something we should all spend more time questioning. I switched my Siri to a British male butler ages ago.
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I demand that my Google Home be able to take on the voice and mannerisms or a precocious Tasmanian child.
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Very common in tech to use he/she referring to programs, routines, etc. esp by those who wrote them.
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That's fine, but I'm talking about Reuters, a news agency.
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Aren't we supposed to respect preferred pronouns?
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