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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.”

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    15 hours ago

    I’ve interrogated it plenty, I just don’t agree with the unsubstantiated implication that the trend towards genderless naming is driven by misogyny.

    There’s plenty of real misogyny to go round without you having to imagine more with lazy bad faith analyses of people’s motives.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      15·
      15 hours ago

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

      Interesting.

      • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        15 hours ago

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

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
          23·
          14 hours ago

          A. techbros have unconscious misogyny

          Or

          B. techbros listen to feminist criticism

          And… you’re choosing B. Interesting.