Apple & Google Train Voice Assistants To Brilliantly Quash ‘All Lives Matter’
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Tech giants Apple and Google’s virtual assistants are now woke with solid answers whenever a person argues that “all lives matter.” However, critics believe Amazon’s version needs a lot of working on.
In an experiment, sports blogger David Gardner filmed himself asking his Google Home speaker, “Do Black lives matter?” to which, Google Assistant replied, “Black Lives Matter. Black people deserve the same freedoms afforded to everyone in this country, and recognizing the injustice they face is the first step towards fixing it.”
He then asked, “Do all lives matter?” The Google voice assistant answered, “Saying ‘Black Lives Matter’ doesn’t mean that all lives don’t. It means black lives are at risk in ways others are not.”
“OK, Google: Do black lives matter?” pic.twitter.com/7flByzpmG9
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) June 7, 2020
Apple’s Siri is trained to direct users to the Black Lives Matter website when asked, “Do Black lives matter?” In response to an “all lives matter” query, Siri replied Twitter user Justin Dmitruk, “‘All Lives Matter’ is often used in response to the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter,’ but it does not represent the same concerns.”
A little simplistic to the first response but straight to the point, I guess. pic.twitter.com/4hM9JtvaZt
— Justin Dmitruk (@justindmitruk) June 7, 2020
A little more spine in the second response, Siri. pic.twitter.com/LKEE0VNmCd
— Justin Dmitruk (@justindmitruk) June 7, 2020
Wondering if Alexa had been updated to address the stigma, as well, Piya Chattopadhyay, a host from Canada’s CBC Radio, fed the same questions to the Amazon virtual assistant. “Black Lives Matter. I think people deserve to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect,” Alexa first graciously replied.
However, when asked if “all lives matter,” Alexa simply repeated the same answer without the “Black Lives Matter” bit, seemingly holding back from offending users.
Alexa’s answer: pic.twitter.com/NwtcrlHWbl
— Piya Chattopadhyay (@piya) June 7, 2020
[via Business Insider, cover image via Wachiwit / Shutterstock.com]
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