Re: iPhone dictation bug

On 2/27/2025 1:41 PM, Chris wrote:

Rick <rick@nospam.com> wrote:

On 2/27/2025 3:04 AM, Chris wrote:

Rick <rick@nospam.com> wrote:

On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:

Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that
briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is
spoken, including “racist.”
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The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
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When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,”
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word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by
the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
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“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers
Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement
sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212

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Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
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Good.
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:-)

I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
production software.  If the person who did this can be identified, they
should be fired and possibly even prosecuted.

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Ha ha. Why not just lynch them? Get a grip.
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Imagine the outcry if it
had flashed the word "Obama"?

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Obama wasn't an undeniable racist.
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Whether anyone is a racist is ultimately a personal opinion.

 Not true. Under many circumstances it constitutes a hate crime which is a
legal definition in many jurisdictions including the Federal US.
 

In that case, it's not just being a racist but committing an act of racial discrimination while performing specific act (like a racially motivated homicide).  One can be a racist without violating any laws, which is why it is ultimately a matter of opinion in most cases.