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Formula E team fires its AI-generated female motorsports reporter, after backlash: “What a slap in the face for human women that you’d rather make one up than work with us.”::px-captcha

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 184 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Even this headline is spin! They fired no one, they just turned it off.

[-] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 67 points 10 months ago

Really glad I'm not the first to come here and say this. We're "firing" programs now? Come on.

[-] uriel238 2 points 10 months ago

Maybe they spent a lot of money hiring her and are sore about it?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Reporter tries to respect new robot overlord. Is SLAMMED in comments.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Ai unemployment is at an all time high!

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

Well, I suppose >0 technically an all-time high for AI...

[-] TrainsAreCool@lemmy.one 7 points 10 months ago

The affected hard drives were burned in a fire.

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