Google Goes Wake Up! The search engine has launched a “global language” function to reduce politically incorrect words
- Users who type the word “owner” will see a warning that it “may not be inclusive of all readers.”
- Gender-specific terms such as “policemen” should be replaced by “police officers”
- Pushing users toward waking language is seen by critics as a step too far
Google has launched an “inclusive language” function designed to avoid the use of politically incorrect words.
Users who type in the word “owner” will see a warning that it “may not be inclusive of all readers” with a suggestion that they try “property owner” or “owner” instead.
The word “humankind” is a proposed alternative to what the internet giant apparently sees as a controversial term “humanity”.
Users who type in the word “owner” will see a warning that “it may not be inclusive of all readers” with a suggestion that they try “property owner” or “owner” instead
Gender-specific terms such as “cops” or “housewife” should also be replaced with “police officers” and “housewife,” according to a new Google Docs style program. It is now applied to what the company calls enterprise level users.
Many computer document systems use methods to correct spelling and grammar.
But pushing users toward the language of wakefulness is seen by critics as a step too far. Tests on the system also revealed significant flaws.
A transcribed interview with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, in which he uses offensive racial slurs and talks about hunting blacks, makes no warnings.
But she noted that President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address should say “for all of humanity” rather than “for all of humanity.”
Many computer document systems use methods to correct spelling and grammar. But pushing users toward the language of wakefulness is seen by critics as a step too far. Tests carried out on the system also revealed significant flaws
Silky Carlo, from the campaign group Big Brother Watch, told The Telegraph Sunday: “Google’s new word warnings are no help, they are very intrusive.
“Speech monitoring is wildly clumsy, frightening, erroneous, and often reinforces prejudice.”
“It feels impressive and adds an unwelcome political/cultural slant to what I would have preferred to be a product-neutral,” said Sam Bowman, of the online magazine Works in Progress. [as] user.’
A Google spokesperson said: “Our technology is always improving, and we’re not doing that yet [have] A solution to identify and mitigate all unwanted words and biases.
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