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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)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 188 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 69 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does the ai get a severance

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Murder!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ai unemployment is at an all time high!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The affected hard drives were burned in a fire.