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For those who don't know, "AI-powered priest" in this case means a 3d model run by AI, not even a real person. The pronoun here is "it" not "he".
I think Father Justin can decide his pronouns on his own, don't you?
Strictly speaking no LOL - AI doesn't "decide" anything.
I mean, it's not like trans people choose to be trans.
Getting in the habit of respecting all beings' pronouns will make it easier for you to respect human beings' pronouns.
An AI is not a person under any point of view. It is not entitled your respect/empathy/compassion any more than any other object is. I respect people's pronouns but that thing is not people.
Getting mad over someone calling it "it" because you are misgendering it, is the same as getting mad over someone saying Twitter instead of X because you are deadnaming it (which is ironic, considering who owns Twitter).
Plus, humanizing an AI will make you feel less threatened by it, and feel less bad when it takes over some person's job, so you should actively avoid it in respect of other actual humans.
I'm not getting mad, I'm suggesting how you can make your life easier.
Nah, we humans don't need fake imitations of people to practice not being a jerk with each other, we can just choose to. It's the kind of freedom and privilege that comes with "being actual sentient living beings". Unlike these things that need to waste heaps of energy to imitate what we humans told them to.
No, I'm pretty sure the person I replied to misgenders their trans friends. They said so.
I respect people not toasters.
Ad Victorium!
I've had a trans friend for years, who for some reason chose "zim" and whatever goes with that as his personal pronouns. He knows I respect him as a human being, and he respects my attitude about not demanding individualized language from others. We get along very well and treat each other as equals, as it should be. When he had a recent mental health crisis my house was where he came for refuge, because he knew it was a safe place. I think walking the walk is more important than talking the talk.
Well I think you could be a better friend to zim if you tried harder.
Lookup Dunning-Kruger effect
Oh, you're right - as an expert on neopronouns, I'm probably underestimating my own knowledge and therefore the difficulty of using neopronouns. I should be more patient with you, because you're still learning.