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Topic	Twitter algorithm is proven to be RACIST.
s0nicfan 09/20/20 7:24:04 PM #10:	hockeybub89 posted... I don't know what this means The user has created a whole bunch of pictures with Mitch at the very top and Obama at the very bottom with a lot of white space in between and he's testing which part of the image Twitter chooses to center for the clipart. The argument, which is total nonsense, is that the algorithm is somehow racist because in most circumstances it centers on Mitch's face. But I suspect that you'll see many more people start to make claims like this as machine learning becomes more prevalent and people without even entry-level knowledge of how those algorithms work try to apply societal concepts to them. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:944871122] in Twitter al... [t:78987633]...</cite> <quote>hockeybub89 posted... </cite> <quote>I don't know what this means</quote> The user has created a whole bunch of pictures with Mitch at the very top and Obama at the very bottom with a lot of white space in between and he's testing which part of the image Twitter chooses to center for the clipart. The argument, which is total nonsense, is that the algorithm is somehow racist because in most circumstances it centers on Mitch's face. But I suspect that you'll see many more people start to make claims like this as machine learning becomes more prevalent and people without even entry-level knowledge of how those algorithms work try to apply societal concepts to them. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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