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Scientists Taught a Robot Language. It Immediately Turned Racist

5 pointsby mayavaabout 8 years ago

2 comments

gumbyabout 8 years ago
Original, less clickbaity article: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;spectrum.ieee.org&#x2F;tech-talk&#x2F;robotics&#x2F;artificial-intelligence&#x2F;ai-learns-gender-and-racial-biases-from-language" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;spectrum.ieee.org&#x2F;tech-talk&#x2F;robotics&#x2F;artificial-intel...</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14110807" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14110807</a>
eveningcoffeeabout 8 years ago
It is not racism but prejudice. And it is also not algorithmic discrimination but statistical inference.<p>This is also main reason I advocate for the importance of the privacy.