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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.” (www.caranddriver.com)
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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 189 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

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

[–] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 70 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's 2024.

Whenever there's a controversy the company can just 'fire' a few AI generated 'employees' and half of the dumdums reading the news will feel satisfied

[–] variants@possumpat.io 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does the ai get a severance

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They probably pay residual electrical bills to keep the server on. Not sure if that counts.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] 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 (1 children)

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.