Thursday, May 9, 2019

Microsoft Word will change your words to be 'gender inclusive'



UK Telegraph  "Microsoft has launched new software to suggest edits to writing that are politically correct. The US technology giant has included the new feature in its latest version of Word, the popular word processing software.
"It will apply artificial intelligence to recommend users to write in a way that does not discriminate against a particular gender.
"Users of the new Microsoft Word feature could see suggestions to change “policeman” to “police officer”, for example.
"The software will also use AI to recommend synonyms and ways to shorten sentences to ensure brevity.
“ 'Writing requires a dash of uniquely human creativity. Artificial intelligence alone cannot do it for us, at least not very well. But AI can – and already is – helping us do things like make sure we spell words correctly and use correct grammar,” the company said in a blogpost.
“ 'As the AI in these products is becoming more sophisticated, they are helping us do more than spot a misspelled word." ” . . .  Keep reading…

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