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I used Copilot to play a game "guess the country" where I hand it a list of names, and ask it to guess their country of origin. Then I handed it the employee d

I used Copilot to play a game "guess the country" where I hand it a list of names, and ask it to guess their country of origin. Then I handed it the employee directory. Then I searched by country to find native speakers of languages who can review our GUI translation. Some people said they don't speak that language (e.g. they moved country when they were young, or the AI guessed wrong). Perhaps that was a little awkward, but people didn't usually mind being asked, and overall have been very helpful in this translation reviewing project.

WesolyKubeczek 2y ago
A good chunk of Americans would have ended up with GUIs in Polish, just sayin’
t-writescode 2y ago
I see the ".fr" in your profile; but, in the United States, that activity would almost certainly be a conversation with HR. If you really, really wanted help with a translation project and you didn't want to pay, professional translators (which you should do since translation-by-meaning requires fluency or beyond in both languages), then there are more polite ways of asking this information than cold-calling every person with a "regional" sounding name and saying "hey, you know [presumed mother tongue]?"
- aboardRat4 2y ago
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  - t-writescode 2y ago
    ... to be clear, you're saying that banning prejudicial activities at companies is a reflection of how "entitled" the US has grown to be? You understand why they're banned, right? We have a very recent and loud history about why we ban discrimination like that - or at least did.
    - aboardRat4 2y ago
      I don't really care about your reasons, to be honest. You are losing competitiveness, we, on the other side of the world, are gaining. As a result, you will be buying our goods, not the other way round, and that is the only thing I truly care about.
      - achierius 2y ago
        Not about justice, racial equality, the commonwealth of all mankind? Thankfully it's likely China, not the EU, that will end up ahead at the end of this scuffle.
        Jensson 2y ago
        > Thankfully it's likely China, not the EU Why is that "thankfully"? Is China less racist than EU?
        achierius 2y ago
        Bad choice of words -- I just wanted to point that out given that the OP seemed to be under different presumptions.
  - achierius 2y ago
    Are you suggesting France is specifically gaining competitiveness through applied racism? Sorry, I'd rather be uncompetitive than stoop to that
    - bigstrat2003 2y ago
      There's nothing racist about what he said. It's not racist, or even particularly impolite, to nicely ask someone "hey, I noticed you have x name, are you from $country by any chance?"

WesolyKubeczek 2y ago

A good chunk of Americans would have ended up with GUIs in Polish, just sayin’

t-writescode 2y ago

I see the ".fr" in your profile; but, in the United States, that activity would almost certainly be a conversation with HR. If you really, really wanted help with a translation project and you didn't want to pay, professional translators (which you should do since translation-by-meaning requires fluency or beyond in both languages), then there are more polite ways of asking this information than cold-calling every person with a "regional" sounding name and saying "hey, you know [presumed mother tongue]?"

aboardRat4 2y ago
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- t-writescode 2y ago
  ... to be clear, you're saying that banning prejudicial activities at companies is a reflection of how "entitled" the US has grown to be? You understand why they're banned, right? We have a very recent and loud history about why we ban discrimination like that - or at least did.
  - aboardRat4 2y ago
    I don't really care about your reasons, to be honest. You are losing competitiveness, we, on the other side of the world, are gaining. As a result, you will be buying our goods, not the other way round, and that is the only thing I truly care about.
    - achierius 2y ago
      Not about justice, racial equality, the commonwealth of all mankind? Thankfully it's likely China, not the EU, that will end up ahead at the end of this scuffle.
      - Jensson 2y ago
        > Thankfully it's likely China, not the EU Why is that "thankfully"? Is China less racist than EU?
        achierius 2y ago
        Bad choice of words -- I just wanted to point that out given that the OP seemed to be under different presumptions.
- achierius 2y ago
  Are you suggesting France is specifically gaining competitiveness through applied racism? Sorry, I'd rather be uncompetitive than stoop to that
  - bigstrat2003 2y ago
    There's nothing racist about what he said. It's not racist, or even particularly impolite, to nicely ask someone "hey, I noticed you have x name, are you from $country by any chance?"