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Re:How AlphaZero Mastered Its Games by tosser0001 on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:10AM (#18783893)
> An expert human player is an expert precisely because her mind automatically identifies ...

The "Patronizing 'Her'"

Almost invariably, when the author decides to use the patronizing 'her' instead of the gender-neutral 'they' it's written by a man.

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Re:How AlphaZero Mastered Its Games by meroes on Saturday December 29, 2018 @11:33AM (#18784317)
'They' isn't used as a singular pronoun in many style guides, including the New Yorker's but nice try.
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Re:How AlphaZero Mastered Its Games by pie_hacker on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:17AM (#18783934)
Not in my experience...

I have noticed that people who exclusively use "his" rather than "her" or "their" tend to be men though.

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