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Google photo tag is racist

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  1. roxxfan

    roxxfan Contributing Member

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    Holy crap.
     
  2. Dairy Ashford

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    If that's on Family filter or Safe Search it seems fine to me. If not, then it's a private firm that can edit however they want.

    You can always go to 4chan or Encyclopedia Dramatica to get your double n's on.
     
  3. Dairy Ashford

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    Oops, didn't look at the pics, only responded to the blacked out text.
     
  4. Mr. Brightside

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    No real surprise here when you take into account the race of the Google founders. The humiliation these bright young scholars have endured is similar to a modern day lynching.
     
  5. Invisible Fan

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    Rosa Parks would give her seat to Larry Page.
     
  6. Nero

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    Don't those image-search engines just use some kind of algorithm to look for certain light/dark/color patterns to match the searches? It's not like it was a deliberate thing, I don't think.

    That being said... ouch.
     
  7. JuanValdez

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    They didn't make the algorithm good enough. But the problem is apparently they didn't test it well enough.
     
  8. DonkeyMagic

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    Why didn't the graduation one say Gorilla

    I'm curious of what the algorithm of the program is that identifies a picture as a Gorilla lol
     
  10. DonkeyMagic

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    It might have been her changing up her mouth/lips area that more resembles that bulbus portion of a gorilla face....plus her hair is jacked:eek:
     
  11. durvasa

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    I suppose it is due to the dark black hair surrounding her face.

    I'm curious if there is any evidence that this is a common occurrence with their photo tag algorithm, or it just happened to hit a corner case on this particular photograph.
     
  12. Svpernaut

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    Confederate Flag Google Doodle confirmed?
     
  13. Mr. Clutch

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    It's also bad grammar.

    Several of those should be singular.
     
  14. Duncan McDonuts

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    More proof of evolution.
     
  15. PhiSlammaJamma

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    On judgement day, white people are going to be screwed. Black folk on the other hand will not be scheduled for termination.
     
  16. DonkeyMagic

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    How do you know a white person wrote the algorithm?
     
  17. Kam

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    I'm thinking an Indian person wrote that. White folks are too busy stealing money from banks and people.


    /generalizations
     
  18. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Dude, the computers will be targeting humans, not gorillas.
     
  19. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    Anyone else expecting this guy:
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