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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: BoL on June 30, 2015, 11:10:27 PM

Title: Google automation gone wrong
Post by: BoL on June 30, 2015, 11:10:27 PM
Tags a dark-skinned couple as 'gorillas' with its image recogniition algo
http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/06/google-dev-apologizes-after-photos-app-tags-black-people-as-gorillas/

Bit of a faux pas for their ideology surely! It reminded me of how they've failed continuously with 'social'.
Title: Re: Google automation gone wrong
Post by: ergophobe on July 01, 2015, 05:02:09 AM
Oops!
Title: Re: Google automation gone wrong
Post by: Rooftop on July 01, 2015, 06:37:51 AM
I heard about this a while ago, but I hadn't seen their response before. I'm actually impressed.  Even when they're wellraning they are not often able to be that human and agile.