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Comment by mgbmtl | Hacker News Reader

So.. I went reading the article, expecting something really ridiculously bro. The article was well written, good references, but yes, uses a few silly conversation samples (for which there were no sexist, racist or homophobic references).

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Is it possible that training a bot to speak like that (silly/casual) is more challenging than to emulate a very grammatically correct and stiff style? As such, maybe the choice of conversations was intentional?

My comment was directed towards the OP, who was harsh and didn't provide a proper argument. As I said, it was a nice article and I wanted to encourage others to read it, despite that (flagged) comment.

Yes, I was writing in support of your comment.

Being bro is synonymous with being male to some people.

It is, of course, still an insult to them.

I see it more often used to mock a male mono-culture and the pitfalls that derive from it (ex: brogrammers). A bit like the term douchebag has become a synonym of 'jerk'.

The author is probably 20 years old (give or take) Undergrad student.

What is wrong with you people? Always have to put others in their "stereotypical silos" and stupid them they are the racists and homophobes ?!

Author seems to be into fantasy sports and must have a lot of group threads on that topic.

Yeah LOL i think maybe limiting the dataset to just 1:1 conversations would be better than including group chats as well

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