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Mastodon 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.”

  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    but I remembering hearing somewhere that pre-recorded messages on trains/subways/in stations tend to use feminine voices for information, and masculine voices for instructions.

    Dunno if this is still the case, but this was definitely true of the subway system in NYC when I lived there.

    Female voice: the next stop is [x] street

    Male voice: stand clear of the closing doors!