Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very broken

Well, such things are always driven by demand. And unfortunately, there is a strong demand in our society for policing words, renaming formulas and issuing apologies all while:

* Property ownership is becoming out of question for an increasing fraction of Americans

* Any kid of retirement (as in not having to work and enjoying life off your savings) has become a pipe dream

* Having a single-income family with one parent dedicated to raising the children has become unaffordable.

* Even if you managed to put enough effort to teach your kids the values of hard work and setting long-term goals, the public education system is set to confuse them and kick them off that path, so they will never be competitive with those who received education abroad.

At the same time, the media oligopoly [0] keeps ignoring the problems and pushing the narratives how addressing short-term emotional problems is the top 1 priority, and anyone who wants real prosperity instead of taking a part in the never-ending mutual comforting game is the enemy of the people.

I wonder if people will ever realize they are being manipulated into poverty before it's too late.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31077525

Re: Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very broken

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Post by heinrichhartman » Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

Question for those in the Beta trial:

Can you disable this feature globally for your account, or do you need to disable this in every document explicitly?

Re: Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very broken

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Post by subjectsigma » Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

I can't even properly describe how angry this makes me.

Re: Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very broken

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Post by mgraczyk » Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

In the article they use the example of "Motherboard" and "Landlord" and seem to suggest that these are areas where the Google AI is making mistakes or being overly strict.

As a Google employee expressing my own opinion and observations of company culture, I can say that these are 100% not mistakes. Many Google employees are just so out of touch with the real world that they believe it is the duty of Google Docs to change the English language to exclude the words "landlord", "motherboard", and even "mother" in most contexts (sub with birthing person).

This may seem unbelievable, but the word "motherboard" is literally banned within Google and you are required to use "mainboard" instead. You are not allowed to use this word in documentation or code, and you're also not allowed to say it privately in chats or emails.

Re: Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very broken

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Post by dolni » Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 4:20 PM UTC

john_moscow wrote: post #6

Well, such things are always driven by demand. And unfortunately, there is a strong demand in our society for policing words, renaming formulas and issuing apologies all while: * Property ownership is becoming out of question for an increasing fraction of Americans * Any kid of retirement (as in not having to work and enjoying life off your savings) has become a pipe dream * Having a single-income family with one par…

The elites of America use "inclusivity" and race as bait to distract from the very issues you describe.

Notice how we, as a society, spent relatively little time discussing the 2008 Mortgage Crisis and Occupy Wall Street.

Meanwhile news outlets have been beating the "inclusivity" / race / gender drum for _years_.

Time to wake up, folks.