jess :3 Mar 9
btw, this is something i was thinking about the other day
notice how "service" AI assistants are named with feminine names (like alexa or siri) but the one that's supposed to be the most "intellectually advanced" one has a masculine name? that's what we mean when we say AI is full of bias, and it starts in the name

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@tobyjaffey/116199535184220153
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@peachymist huh i honestly thought claude was more of a feminine name [not native english speaker either]
Mar 9 at 6:49pmWeb
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@nebby claude is a masculine french name afaik
Show threadYuki "neige d'aout" Hazuki 膤 ❄️ ​Mar 9
@nebby @peachymist yeah I was about to say the same thing, I've seen women named Claude and it's getting more popular as a feminine name but I have absolutely no idea if it's the same thing in English
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@Yuki @nebby this is a common thing, the suffix that identifies masculine or feminine in names tends to vary a lot with language (i can think of a few italian masculine names that are definitely feminine in brazil, and a good example also is how mostly names finished in "o" in japanese are feminine and finished in "a" are masculine whereas the opposite is true in portuguese), but i do think when anthropic named it they were thinking of the masculine french name, so much so that lots of people do refer to claude as "he"
Show threadYuki "neige d'aout" Hazuki 膤 ❄️ ​Mar 9

@peachymist @nebby it's not only this but also, you can see this a lot in English but also in French and other languages, increasingly more traditionally male names are given to girls

still, I agree it's still more seen as a male name in French so I think your point still stands

Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@Yuki @nebby yeah i think even if this wasn't anthropic's intent, it is telling how folks defaulted to calling claude "he" even if the name can be gender neutral
Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  Mar 9
@peachymist @Yuki @nebby either way personifying an llm is not great

also it's fraud not claude :3
Show threadjess :3 Mar 9
@lumi @Yuki @nebby very true