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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
I've tried googling various iterations of gemini, claude, AI and gay and not seeing much suggesting the AI characters are supposed to be gay. On the other hand, would it have made sense in the context of the article for it to say "the girls and the guys"? Wouldn't they just say "human characters" or something similar to refer to the whole group? Or maybe "guys and gals"? Also, some women get offended when they're called "girls," especially when men aren't being called "boys," so one explanation for why they risked it in that sentence is for the playful, sort of rhyming, "girls and gays."
Also, for the record, I have the Siri on my phone set to "Australian man."
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 22, 2026, 03:56:54 pm ---I've tried googling various iterations of gemini, claude, AI and gay and not seeing much suggesting the AI characters are supposed to be gay. On the other hand, would it have made sense in the context of the article for it to say "the girls and the guys"? Wouldn't they just say "human characters" or something similar to refer to the whole group? Or maybe "guys and gals"? Also, some women get offended when they're called "girls," especially when men aren't being called "boys," so one explanation for why they risked it in that sentence is for the playful, sort of rhyming, "girls and gays."
Also, for the record, I have the Siri on my phone set to "Australian man."
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That's kind of what I was thinking. I still haven't gotten to the article, but I also thought it was referring to the users, not to the devices,
Jeff Wrangler:
I just finished the article about turbulence in flying (March 9).
I don't think I want to fly anymore. :(
The flight from Boston to Provincetown never used to bother me, but the last time I took it, I did feel a certain level of anxiety. I couldn't wait till we landed in Provincetown. Perhaps it was because the weather was cloudy--not good flying weather for a small plane, or I must have felt.
I don't remember anything about the return flight to Boston.
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