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Zackzzzz

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7. I have had a number of friends who were female that had male names.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 04:00 PM

Tuesday

I remember when Adrian and I went into a meeting together
and the men in the room had assumed that Adrian would be a male.
The look on their faces.
Their eyes almost popped out of their heads.

Advancement decisions in large businesses have
been made on the first names of their workers.

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Oh no. AI is filtering out non white people and women [View all] applegrove Tuesday OP

Unconscionable dickthegrouch Tuesday #1

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Somehow, I'm not too surprised by this. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #3

Yep, that makes perfect sense PatSeg Tuesday #5

AI is working as intended DBoon Tuesday #4

Wouldn't using a VPN erase a person's regular ID tags? FakeNoose Tuesday #6

I have had a number of friends who were female that had male names. Zackzzzz Tuesday #7

So far as I can tell I don't see any intelligence. Just a souless dead machine imitating something or other. flashman13 Tuesday #8