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Bing, the Most Exciting Product in Tech
- belter 4y agoThe most funny thing of this article, is the writer branding Sydney a She, because it gets argumentative...And I wont comment more or serious trouble will brew.. :-)
- comex 4y agoSydney is about 30 times more common as a girl’s name than as a boy’s name, so it’s not just the argumentativeness.
- lproven 4y agoUm. Where? I think I have met 1 female Sydney in my 55 years, but maybe a dozen male ones. I'm a Brit for reference. To my "Sidney" (regardless of spelling variations) is a male name.
- marcellus23 4y ago> because it gets argumentative Where did you get this from?
- yucky 4y agoSiri & Alexa (and I think Cortana) are She's, so there's that. Maybe it's just like how boats are always referred to as She's. Also reminds me of the NY Subway voices where a female voice was used to convey helpful information while a male voice was used to give instruction. Pretty sure this was all based on user testing/responsiveness.
- esskay 4y agoThe articles out of date already. Bing/Sydney has now been neutered to the point where it can barely function as a basic low-effort search bot, let alone a full blown api.
- vintagedave 4y agoThe article mentions this. It discusses the changes Microsoft has made.
- norwalkbear 4y agoWell it's one way to get marketing