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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.”
Tbf, Cortana stems from a fictional AI that has far higher levels of autonomy. I don’t think it was chosen with “let’s find a good name for a limited AI interface” in mind.