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Title: Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
Post by: Sydney_NYC on July 15, 2015, 01:49:15 PM
Post by: Sydney_NYC on July 15, 2015, 01:49:15 PM
Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
You have to love Siri sometimes. Besides asking Siri to divide 0 by 0, if you use Jenner's old name siri will correct you.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/anjalipatel/siri-shuts-down-anyone-who-tries-to-call-caitlyn-jenner-by-h (http://www.buzzfeed.com/anjalipatel/siri-shuts-down-anyone-who-tries-to-call-caitlyn-jenner-by-h)
(Sorry about it being a buzzfeed page with tons of advertising, but it's not that bad)
BuzzFeed LGBT/by Anjali Patel 07/15/2015
You have to love Siri sometimes. Besides asking Siri to divide 0 by 0, if you use Jenner's old name siri will correct you.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/anjalipatel/siri-shuts-down-anyone-who-tries-to-call-caitlyn-jenner-by-h (http://www.buzzfeed.com/anjalipatel/siri-shuts-down-anyone-who-tries-to-call-caitlyn-jenner-by-h)
(Sorry about it being a buzzfeed page with tons of advertising, but it's not that bad)
BuzzFeed LGBT/by Anjali Patel 07/15/2015
Title: Re: Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
Post by: iKate on July 15, 2015, 02:52:20 PM
Post by: iKate on July 15, 2015, 02:52:20 PM
I saw this. It's actually Wolfram Alpha, not Apple that shuts down the misgendering and dead naming.
Title: Re: Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
Post by: Ms Grace on July 15, 2015, 03:18:23 PM
Post by: Ms Grace on July 15, 2015, 03:18:23 PM
Can we get that app for real life?!?
Title: Re: Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
Post by: suzifrommd on July 15, 2015, 04:29:08 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on July 15, 2015, 04:29:08 PM
Are we sure it isn't just that it figures out the most current name of anybody, trans or cis, and uses that? If we asked about Cassius Clay, would it give us stats on Mohammed Ali? And I'd have to imagine it can give the gender of just about anyone you asked about, cis and trans alike, so I'm not sure I can get all celebratory about this.
Title: Re: Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
Post by: kittenpower on July 15, 2015, 04:35:50 PM
Post by: kittenpower on July 15, 2015, 04:35:50 PM
Siri is awesome, and she works for cheap; I definitely recommend her. :)
Title: Re: Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
Post by: PhoenixGurl2016 on July 16, 2015, 11:47:06 PM
Post by: PhoenixGurl2016 on July 16, 2015, 11:47:06 PM
I personally think it is awesome. It would be nice if they could do this for others.
Title: Re: Siri Shuts Down Anyone Who Tries To Call Caitlyn Jenner By Her Old Name
Post by: AnonyMs on July 17, 2015, 05:40:30 AM
Post by: AnonyMs on July 17, 2015, 05:40:30 AM
I'm not sure I like this in the larger context. Having corporations enforce social standards seems like asking for trouble to me. It's a powerful tool and could easily turn against people and do enormous harm.