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While I tend to agree with you from a technical standpoint, I can't help but think Google is actually doing the morally correct thing here. If organizations ar
by rl3 7y ago
While I tend to agree with you from a technical standpoint, I can't help but think Google is actually doing the morally correct thing here.
If organizations are creating systems using that API, most will just roll with man/woman labeling. If those systems are important, a lot of trans and non-binary people will end up fucked over.
At the end of the day, if the deprecated functionality is still needed, just set a threshold on masculine vs feminine. It's a far more elegant approach, even if more work.
- johnlorentzson 7y agoAutomatic gender detection should certainly not be used for data entry where the data is of any real consequence (even if we ignored trans/non-binary people), simply due to the fact that it can't be proven to be perfect.
- muzani 7y agoI think yeah, it's easier to use masculine/feminine. Something like long hair, soft skin, pink cheeks, more curves is feminine. Someone with more squares/edges (jaw, cheeks, shoulders) is more masculine. Humans have trouble with this too, e.g. many crushed on Taylor Hanson.
- brodouevencode 7y agoI always get it confused: is it sex or gender that people can assign to themselves?
- foldr 7y agoAre you really confused about this, or just rhetorically confused? You can answer the question by googling "sex vs gender".