If you call Claude "he", but refuse to respect a fellow human's chosen pronouns, then you go in the oubliette#subtoot

[tobyjaffey@mastodon.me.uk]

If you call Claude "he", but refuse to respect a fellow human's chosen pronouns, then you go in the oubliette
#subtoot

[benjamineskola@hachyderm.io]

@tobyjaffey I haven’t seen someone specifically doing both but it’s depressingly easy to imagine.

[longplay_games@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@tobyjaffey I call it an it, but I respect a human's pronouns, so I guess I'm in limbo

[linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io]

@tobyjaffey I call "Claude" "clod", which is gender-nonspecific and also more accurate.

[johnduggins@infosec.exchange]

@tobyjaffey oubliette is such a good word. and fitting.

[naptowncode@mastodon.online]

@tobyjaffey Periodic reminder, back when they were glorified secretaries AIs were all “she” with names like “Siri” and “Alexa”. They didn’t become “he” until they gained agency and authority.