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'Benefits of Slavery:' Google's AI Search Gives Absurd, Wrong Answers (gizmodo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, I think people don’t like it because they think any time you use a word with a positive connotation (“benefit”), you must be speaking positively.

Although I agree with your overall point, in this case I think people don't like it because that's how it's most recently been used in this context.

DeSantis, however, is continuing to defend Florida’s new curriculum, which covers a broad range of topics and includes the assertion for middle school instruction that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What the fuck is that, holy hell. Wow I can’t believe that.

Also no wonder his support for the GOP primary is so low, he forgot to use the n-word.

[–] Pips@lemmy.film 1 points 1 year ago

Right, it's not so much that the words are used incorrectly so much as it is that their use is inappropriate in this context.