Anyone who’s resorted to asking Siri obscene questions out of boredom knows that Apple’s monotone assistant isn’t very much fun, save for a few quirky answers to things like “Do you follow the three laws of robotics?”
But start swearing at the poor girl and the game gets old quickly.
Well it seems that in the recently released Russian-language version of Siri, ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ are programmed to be swear words not worthy of a real response.
A Russian-speaking London resident posted a video to YouTube in which he asks Siri various questions about gay issues.
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Mind you, he’s in London at the time, not Russia.
“Now you are using obscenities and then you are going to eat bread with the same hands,” she’ll say at the mention of “gay.”
When asked for directions to the nearest gay bar, she responds, “I would have turned red, if I could.”
An Apple spokesperson declined to comment when approached by PinkNews but said it was a ‘bug’ that has since been fixed.
Watch the artificial exchange below:
myloginname
Proof that homophobia is taught. Thanks Apple for all of your support. Eye rolls.
tdx3fan
One time we asked Siri about nude male dance clubs in the area. We got a few responses based on how such a topic was wrong. Then we asked about nude female dance clubs in the area and we got a list of clubs. I would have to say even the English version is homophobic.