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> The issue here is that race relations in the U.S. are so convoluted and have so much history that it's literally impossible to tell what would be considered "
by jnky 10y ago
> The issue here is that race relations in the U.S. are so convoluted and have so much history that it's literally impossible to tell what would be considered "racist" without a broad understanding of the culture and a comprehensive list of past racial slurs and grievances.
I understand, but isn't the logical conclusion that one cannot make a piece of technology (like an image caption bot) that is unaware of, for instance, such complex racial relations? And if so, should technological progress really be hampered by people's sense of outrage, even in the absence of malicious intent?
- taneq 10y agoThe logical (to me) conclusion is that people need to unbunch their panties and stop looking for things to be offended about. I don't think it's reasonable for anyone to expect an AI system, at our current level of technology, to have a complete understanding of every nuance of human pique to the degree where it will never do anything which could be interpreted as offensive by anyone. Hell, that's a far higher bar than we humans can hope to meet in today's 'outrage culture'.