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TranscriptMastodon posts by @trenchworms@eldritch.cafe:

super revealing of the misogyny inherent to the space that "AI assistants" stopped being given feminine-coded names the moment tech chuds thought they were developing higher levels of autonomy

"i TELL Alexa what to do. i COLLABROATE with Chudbot. i will not reflect on this hierarchy at all."

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So, what, you think they actually listened to criticism and stopped naming their bots after women because they respect the opinions of their critics?

lol

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Like I said right at the top of the thread: damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 days ago

A. techbros have unconscious misogyny

Or

B. techbros listen to feminist criticism

And... you're choosing B. Interesting.