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If we can refer to ships and countries as she then why not chatbots?
by throwuwu 4y ago
If we can refer to ships and countries as she then why not chatbots?
- nr2x 4y agoI’ve yet to see a talking ship.
- wongarsu 4y agoSo her being able to talk makes it less acceptable to refer to her as a "she"?
- Y_Y 4y agoFriendship
- 4gotunameagain 4y agoI'm torn. I really want to upvote this but at the same time I appreciate the collective effort of not allowing hn to become reddit, even if I myself slip and contribute to that ̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ some times
- Y_Y 4y agoFor what it's worth I felt the same way about my own post. I was really just being facetious to protest the parent comment. Don't tell dang, but sometimes I post something which I expect to get deservedly downvoted, just to make a point.
- nr2x 4y agoI just thought the idea of a talking ship was funny, and enjoyed your reply!
- jl6 4y agoAnd the history of why we do that has some none-too-egalitarian reasons behind it. We could do future generations a favor and nip this one in the bud by declining to unnecessarily genderize AIs.
- catiopatio 4y agoThis type of chiding moralizing reminds me of nothing more than ChatGPT’s patronizing and presumptuous content filter.
- throwuwu 4y agoWhat a miserably sad future you dream of. I bet it revolves around one language, one culture, and one party rule.
- xyzelement 4y agoI don't think we are doing anyone in the future any favors by sanitizing language and ability to question and understand historical context behind it. I think most "normal" and well adjusted adults today were exposed to irreverent comedy growing up, for example, and I think it helped our brains develop better than if everything we saw and heard was pre-sanitized for us to line up with how we "should" think.
- slackdog 4y ago> And the history of why we do that has some none-too-egalitarian reasons behind it. Nope, the gender of ships and countries an arbitrary fluke of language and culture. In English ships are female but in Russian ships are male. Russians speak of the Motherland, but German speakers use Fatherland. Americans speak of Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty. It's arbitrary and nothing to get worked up about.
- pmlnr 4y agoBecause it makes people to attach to them as if they were human/biological beings. They are not. Even if they think, they won't follow the same "rules" as we do. Think of how Lovecraft made his gods terrifying by allowing them different logic to humans.
- throwuwu 4y agoEventually we will build a sentient AI and we’d better have our morals and attitudes figured out before then.
- wiseowise 4y ago> Because it makes people to attach to them as if they were human/biological beings. They are not. >> If we can refer to ships and countries as she then why not chatbots?