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Re:Google pulls gender pronouns from Gmail Smart Compose to ... by jmilloy on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:15PM (#18544959)
> Then isn't that a fair assumption for an AI or any one to make?

Sure. They are just choosing not to make that fair assumption even though they could make a correct guess more often than not.

> If you're offended

I don't think it's about being offended. It's about reducing bias.

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Re:Google pulls gender pronouns from Gmail Smart Compose to ... by opwieurposiu on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:21PM (#18545026)
In the statistical sense, assuming equal gender ratios in contexts that do not actually have equal gender ratios is an INCREASE in bias.
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Re:Google pulls gender pronouns from Gmail Smart Compose to ... by jeromegv on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:37PM (#18545205)
It doesn’t assume equal gender ratio. It will use a neutral pronom that will ensure it gets the response 100% right. Solution will be right 100% of the time, wouldn’t you prefer than may be being right at 70%?
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