Sexual Discrimination in the Google Spelling Corrector

The automatic spelling corrector of Google in most cases works with a bang, but recently it corrects such requests as she invented , she created , she discovered to he invented, he created and he discovered, respectively. Google analyzes people's requests for correct spelling hints, so we can conclude from this that the male sex options are used more often.



The Chicago Tribune received an official response from Google:

Google develops its own spell-checking algorithms based on sophisticated machine learning methods that use commands from a collection of user-entered queries, web documents, and many other sources. The algorithm offers the most accurate alternative hint that, in our opinion, contributes to the improvement of search results. The algorithm is completely created without the human factor. This can be seen as advice, not as the final answer.

via Google Operating System .