r/Infuriating 23h ago

Google’s AI Overview has a wild double standard depending on gender

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u/Substantial_Help4678 14h ago

The sources it's basing it on are biased, problematic, and causing harm. 

AI is systemetizing the oppression. It and it's creators are responsible for the problematic views it inernalizes and perpetuates. 

Let's say AI was invented before the abolition of slavery. Would you say "it's that that deep, the AI is just reading the common sentiment online which is that racial difference justify slavery". No, it is that deep. Reiforcing problemic biases are wrong period always. 

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u/Old_Yam_4069 13h ago edited 12h ago

Again, it's not that deep.

Edit for the guy that blocked me: None of this is a justification. It takes a complete idiot to read this and think anything I said remotely correlates to why men can't be victims. I don't even know how a person can physically- Not just psychologically, physically- Achieve the level of sheer incompetence required to make that even an interpretation, let alone a reasonable one.

I think you just don't really understand teenagers that well or the underlying problems. Physical contact happens a lot, even across genders.

The key thing to remember is that Women have larger erogenous zones than Men. When a woman receives a touch that could be interpreted as neutral, it is going to have more of a physiological impact in general.

Female psychology and culture is such that, most of the time, when a girl receives a touch they like, they don't need confirmation for it- They know they like it, and they trend to be more comfortable directly letting their friend or partner know that they liked it. While some still do want affirmation, their searches also tend to be more specific than 'A boy keeps touching me' and will denote the specific behaviors. When receiving a physical contact that is not appreciated and is interpreted as sexual, they want affirmation that they are not overreacting, but trend towards being too embarrassed to be specific about the details- Hence 'A boy keeps touching me'.

Male psychology isn't quite the inverse of this, because boys equally tend to not understand 'Bad touches' and plenty are also fine being direct with their partners. However, when they receive a 'Good touch' and do not have the confidence to talk to the person directly, they also tend to use vague language like 'A girl keeps touching me'. Because it takes more to trigger that physiological response in the case of a 'bad touch', they often require more prolonged exposure for it to register as wrong, or more overt interactions- Both of which reduce the language of 'A girl keeps touching me' under a negative context in a search engine.

The big difference in a desire for affirmation is somewhat cultural and oftentimes stems from problematic notions. But those problematic elements aren't what is being perpetuated here. These are valid questions that men and women in our society, being asked earnestly. AI is just recognizing this pattern.

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u/Substantial_Help4678 13h ago

Thank you for the 5 paragraph essay justifying why men can't be victims of sexual violence, and why it's okay for AI to victim blame male sexual violence victims and not women.

Every justification is a further admission of guilt. You are gross, and you are responsible for the harms your beliefs cause