AI calls Ola CEO 'they' instead of 'he': Babish Agarwal says 'disease' was borrowed from the West

Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola Krutrim (AI chatbot), shared his views on what he called the “pronoun disease” and criticized the “West”.

The issue arose when LinkedIn's AI bot referred to him as “they” instead of “he.” With screenshots highlighting the use of “they/them,” he criticized these practices and suggested they were borrowed from Western culture.

In a post about X, Agarwal wrote: People do it because it is expected in corporate culture, especially multinational companies. It is better to return this disease to its original location. Our culture has always respected everyone. No new pronouns needed. ”

Artist Varun Grover responded satirically to Agarwal, writing, “You can change your bio to 'Ola and stuck in the past.'”

“Our culture has always been respectful of all people.” But the same is not true for people who prefer to choose their own pronouns 🤡. Tell me, Bhavesh, what difference does it make in your life? Why would her grammatically correct, gender-neutral AI offend her? If the machine had called you “she”, you would have offended her as well. Masu. Would it offend her if I called you her? The disease is in your mind. “Learn what the word 'respect' means before you use it,” the user wrote.

One user said: “What are you doing? Shey, taal and oh (gender-neutral pronouns) cost about 10 cents in Bengali.” Another said, “Dey (not a pronoun, but we call men casually without respect), in Tamil we say “Avenge/Vanga''. It means “they” and is an ancient plural pronoun referring to older people. Man. “

Another user said, “Why do you act as if gender-neutral pronouns don't exist in Indian languages?” It is also used for people who do not know their gender. ”