Recently, OLA’s CEO came under spotlight for expressing his anger on LinkedIn’s AI. The AI apparently used gender neutral pronouns (they/them) for the CEO, which he took to Twitter, posting screenshots and exclaiming on the spread of this “woke” illness. Sparking a whole debate over it.
The post has since been deleted, following which Bhavish Aggarwal turned to Twitter again, calling out the Microsoft-owned company for deleting the post. Furthermore, that post was deleted too. As a result, the case has turned uglier than it should have been, with Bhavish pointing out his objection because he was not even notified of his post being deleted.
“Most of us in India have no clue about the politics of this pronoun’s illness. People do it because it’s become expected in our corporate culture, especially in MNCs. It would be better to send this illness back to where it came from. Our culture has always had respect for all. No need for new pronouns.” Bhavish lashed out on western wokeism.
Dear @LinkedIn you deleted my post again! This time you didn’t even notify me or leave a trace since you removed the whole thread. Luckily my team takes screenshots
You can delete this one too but you can’t remove my opinion. Since you’re owned by @Microsoft, I will be… pic.twitter.com/z4S93WVWFq
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) May 10, 2024
