sheislaurence<p>🧵 1/2: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copilot</span></a> is totally <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> 🏳️⚧️ phobic!</p><p> It will <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaslight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslight</span></a> you saying "ha ha ha, I can't talk about this I am only just learning!"🤭 </p><p>Below, refusing to adjust <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> output to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prompts</span></a>. Interestingly, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Teams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teams</span></a> did adjust when I said "I am Laurence, adjust", which clearly shows a) it is possible b) it is by design Copilot has no recourse for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misgendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misgendering</span></a> </p><p>PS: full disclosure: I am not trans myself, my name is misgendered in non <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Francophone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Francophone</span></a> countries.</p>