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she? The female pronoun used to describe the product which seems to be providing a service that acts akin to a secretary -- a position predominantly taken up by women.

I'm wondering what thoughts went into the "front of shop" / the UI of the product marketed here and whether there was a conscious decision behind "anthropomorphization" of the product along the possible biases[1] (good or negative from a business or a social POV) it may reinforce.

[1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-00884-9



Edit: when I replied to the parent comment, it consisted of the text "she?" and nothing else. (If you're going to edit a comment once it has replies, please do it in a way that allows the replies to preserve their original context. For example, you can always add "Edit" and then post additional text.)

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Can you please not post like this? We want substantive, thoughtful discussion on this site.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: the top text had this bit which I've replaced now:

  “she” (sorry, I can’t help anthropomorphizing) can




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