Incident 177: Google’s Assistive Writing Feature Provided Allegedly Unnecessary and Clumsy Suggestions
Description: Google’s “inclusive language” feature prompting writers to consider alternatives to non-inclusive words reportedly also recommend alternatives for words such as “landlord” and “motherboard,” which critics said was a form of obtrusive, unnecessary, and bias-reinforcing speech-policing.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google Docs developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Google Docs users.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
177
Report Count
5
Incident Date
2022-04-19
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam