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0 pointseric4smith3y ago0 comments

You would think they would just avoid adjusting this, right?

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If they don't "adjust" this, each user gets a random-ish result from all the code out there-- depending on mostly-unrelated context, it suggests a lot of genders or just 2.

In turn, you can guarantee both groups of people end up upset.

onionisafruit3y ago

What’s there to be upset by? Both groups know the other exists, and both groups know that the other group has written code that copilot trained on.

mlyle3y ago

Both groups will angrily complain that Copilot is suggesting the wrong thing.

Right now both groups are trying to silence the other-- with school libraries, etc, in the crossfire being angrily denounced.

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mlyle3y ago

If they don't "adjust" this, each user gets a random-ish result from all the code out there-- depending on mostly-unrelated context, it suggests a lot of genders or just 2.

In turn, you can guarantee both groups of people end up upset.

onionisafruit3y ago

What’s there to be upset by? Both groups know the other exists, and both groups know that the other group has written code that copilot trained on.

mlyle3y ago

Both groups will angrily complain that Copilot is suggesting the wrong thing.

Right now both groups are trying to silence the other-- with school libraries, etc, in the crossfire being angrily denounced.

1 more reply

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse