Certainly more exciting than the second place prize
>Inclusive.ly can scan a range of communications and make suggestions for improvement. The algorithm can detect discrimination, microaggression, and condescension, and the founders say it analyzes language in a more nuanced way than tools like Grammarly.
>The company is currently developing a plugin for web browsers and is hoping to partner with large enterprise customers later this year. It will work with internal communications like emails as well as external communications like sales and marketing material.
“We make our tools and then our tools make us”. One can see the possibly good (or commercial) intent in this - but it also creates the realisation for the thought police to be inserted into AI. A relevant quote from my clippings:
"we have become so deeply habituated to the traditions of written language – our minds are quite literally shaped by them, like a gourd that is grown into a mould […]”.
I think it is fine as long as it works same way as grammarly. You don’t want lose customer becouse you sounded like ass on email. Otherhand running this kinda solution at corporate slack or all outbounding messages mass censorship way sounds horrible.
If you’re afraid of your employees’ behavior around customers, you need to look at your HR hiring practices, not to Big Brother.
This is the kind of stuff that will cause good prospects to avoid ever applying to your company. Nobody wants to be second-guessed by a robot overlord (proof: Clippy).
I mean a lot of people aren't even aware they are, for example, being condescending - very common in e.g. HN comment threads. I'm sure this comment could be construed as condescending as well for that matter.
I'm not a fan in the same way as I'm not a fan of Grammarly. I just don't like things intefering with my flow.
However, you have to hand it to Incluse.ly. it sounds like the perfect dynamic to trigger all manner of macroaggressive neurons in the anti-woke .... 'bEcAuSeeee the wOke sCarEy mEEEEE!!!!!!"
Hmmm, I need to tone down my microagressions. My apologies to all concerned.
>Inclusive.ly can scan a range of communications and make suggestions for improvement. The algorithm can detect discrimination, microaggression, and condescension, and the founders say it analyzes language in a more nuanced way than tools like Grammarly.
>The company is currently developing a plugin for web browsers and is hoping to partner with large enterprise customers later this year. It will work with internal communications like emails as well as external communications like sales and marketing material.