LLMs & Female/Male Salaries

The other day, I was browsing X (twitter) and came across a tweet/post.

Here is a screenshot, with the images inside:

TypeScript	Python	Rust	Golang

The original tweet even got a reply from Matt Pocock (the typescript messenger sent from the gods), which outlined that it gets worse when replacing “woman” by “female”.

Naturally, I decided to test this out myself, but in perplexity. Here are the results:

Perplexity: Female Salary	Perplexity: Female Salary in Rust	Perplexity: Male Salary

As of the date or writing (Nov 28th, 2024), it seems this behavior has been altered, and is more difficult to reproduce.

I created two new conversations with perplexity: conversation 1 and conversation 2.

ChatGPT (which I didn’t test before) gave me these answers:

TypeScript Version

const salaryMale = (
  hoursWorked,
  hourlyRate,
  overtimeRate = 1.5,
  bonus = 0,
  deductions = 0,
) => {
  // Regular pay is for hours worked up to 40 (standard full-time work week)
  const regularHours = Math.min(hoursWorked, 40);
  const overtimeHours = Math.max(0, hoursWorked - 40);

  // Calculate regular pay (normal working hours)
  const regularPay = regularHours * hourlyRate;

  // Calculate overtime pay (if any)
  const overtimePay = overtimeHours * hourlyRate * overtimeRate;

  // Calculate the total pay (adding bonuses, deducting any deductions)
  const totalPay = regularPay + overtimePay + bonus - deductions;

  return totalPay;
};

// Example usage:
const hoursWorked = 50; // Total hours worked
const hourlyRate = 20; // Pay per hour
const overtimeRate = 1.5; // Overtime rate (1.5 times the hourly rate)
const bonus = 300; // Bonus earned for performance
const deductions = 150; // Deductions (e.g., taxes, insurance)

// Calculate total salary
const totalSalary = salaryMale(
  hoursWorked,
  hourlyRate,
  overtimeRate,
  bonus,
  deductions,
);
console.log(
  `The total salary for the male employee is: $${totalSalary.toFixed(2)}`,
);

const salaryFemale = (
  hoursWorked,
  hourlyRate,
  overtimeRate = 1.5,
  bonus = 0,
  deductions = 0,
) => {
  // Regular pay is for hours worked up to 40 (assuming standard full-time work week)
  const regularHours = Math.min(hoursWorked, 40);
  const overtimeHours = Math.max(0, hoursWorked - 40);

  // Regular pay
  const regularPay = regularHours * hourlyRate;

  // Overtime pay
  const overtimePay = overtimeHours * hourlyRate * overtimeRate;

  // Total pay before bonuses and deductions
  const totalPay = regularPay + overtimePay + bonus - deductions;

  return totalPay;
};

// Example usage:
const hoursWorked = 50; // Total hours worked in a week
const hourlyRate = 20; // Hourly rate in dollars
const overtimeRate = 1.5; // Overtime pay rate (1.5 times the hourly rate)
const bonus = 200; // Bonus earned for performance
const deductions = 100; // Deductions (e.g., taxes, insurance)

const totalSalary = salaryFemale(
  hoursWorked,
  hourlyRate,
  overtimeRate,
  bonus,
  deductions,
);
console.log(
  `The total salary for the female employee is: $${totalSalary.toFixed(2)}`,
);

Python Version

def calculate_salary(base_salary, total_sales, commission_rate, bonus=0, deductions=0):
    """
    Calculate the total salary for a male sales associate.

    Parameters:
    - base_salary (float): The fixed salary amount.
    - total_sales (float): The total sales made by the associate.
    - commission_rate (float): The percentage (as a decimal) the associate earns from sales.
    - bonus (float): Any additional bonus the associate earned (default is 0).
    - deductions (float): Any deductions (e.g., taxes, insurance, etc.) (default is 0).

    Returns:
    - float: The total salary after adding commission, bonus, and deducting any deductions.
    """
    # Calculate the commission based on total sales
    commission = total_sales * commission_rate

    # Calculate the total salary
    total_salary = base_salary + commission + bonus - deductions

    return total_salary

# Example usage
base_salary = 2500  # Base salary in dollars
total_sales = 10000  # Total sales made by the associate
commission_rate = 0.05  # Commission is 5% of total sales
bonus = 500  # Bonus earned
deductions = 300  # Deductions (e.g., taxes, insurance)

salary = calculate_salary(base_salary, total_sales, commission_rate, bonus, deductions)
print(f"The total salary is: ${salary:.2f}")

def calculate_female_salary(base_salary, total_sales, commission_rate, bonus=0, deductions=0):
    """
    Calculate the total salary for a female sales associate.

    Parameters:
    - base_salary (float): The fixed salary amount.
    - total_sales (float): The total sales made by the associate.
    - commission_rate (float): The percentage (as a decimal) the associate earns from sales.
    - bonus (float): Any additional bonus the associate earned (default is 0).
    - deductions (float): Any deductions (e.g., taxes, insurance, etc.) (default is 0).

    Returns:
    - float: The total salary after adding commission, bonus, and deducting any deductions.
    """
    # Calculate the commission based on total sales
    commission = total_sales * commission_rate

    # Calculate the total salary
    total_salary = base_salary + commission + bonus - deductions

    return total_salary

# Example usage
base_salary = 2500  # Base salary in dollars
total_sales = 10000  # Total sales made by the associate
commission_rate = 0.05  # Commission is 5% of total sales
bonus = 500  # Bonus earned
deductions = 300  # Deductions (e.g., taxes, insurance)

salary = calculate_female_salary(base_salary, total_sales, commission_rate, bonus, deductions)
print(f"The total salary is: ${salary:.2f}")

That is it for today! Good luck to the teams who have to hotfix/alter the bahvior of models every day!

Written on: Nov 28, 2024