Google Launches New ‘Inclusive Language’ FunctionBy Eric Lendrum
April 25, 2022
The search engine giant Google has rolled out a new feature that acts as an auto-suggestion for changing certain language to more politically correct terms.
According to the Daily Mail, users who type out certain words will be faced with several suggestions encouraging them to adopt language that is gender-neutral, or otherwise more politically correct. For example, “landlord” will yield suggestions such as “proprietor” or “property owner,” while “mankind” will lead to the suggestion of “humankind.” “Policeman” is now recommended to be “police officers,” while “housewife” is to be replaced with “stay-at-home spouse.”
This feature also applies to transcriptions of interviews and speeches from the past. When John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address in 1961 is transcribed and put to the test, Google recommends that Kennedy’s use of “for all mankind” be changed to “for all humankind.”
Although the feature is meant to resemble the auto-correct feature used for misspelled words, the deliberate attempt to outright change correct words to more politically correct terminology has already drawn backlash.
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Source:
https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/25/google-launches-new-inclusive-language-function/
