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This may not be a good thing, but it does seem to match what you'd expect the human attitude to be. Consider what the typical, initial human reaction to someone

This may not be a good thing, but it does seem to match what you'd expect the human attitude to be. Consider what the typical, initial human reaction to someone named Adolf would be.

goombastic 8y ago
With humans, you can change an opinion. Once AI has made up its mind, there isn't anything you can do anymore. The entire system and extended network of interaction points will stick to the decision/stance it has made. If you are an outlier in the data, you will remain an outlier in the system. This is terrifying.
- AstralStorm 8y ago
  The correction would be to make the systems learn continuously in an online fashion. This is a hard open algorithmic problem though - how to achieve that in a stable robust way.
- netheril96 8y ago
  > With humans, you can change an opinion. Do you ever see anybody change their opinion? Usually they won't change simply after hearing an argument. They change only when they have an utterly different life experience. In other words, only when they are conditioned by new data, in no ways different from how an AI changes its opinion.
  - SJetKaran 8y ago
    It depends on how 'deep' the person believes in that opinion. People change their opinions all the time after a simple discussion.
oldandtired 8y ago
Forty years ago, I worked for a very pleasant elderly Jew whose name was Adolf. There was never any association with bad things about him. I think you would more likely find the names Hitler or Stalin as being a little bit more problematic. I know my reaction is more to the surname than the first name.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  Also note that people do not tend to react negatively to the name Joseph. I'd ascribe that to it being much more common name than Adolf, though.
  - PeterisP 8y ago
    Adolf used to be a quite common name (1%-2% of population) and it was popular in many countries e.g. Sweden including the Gustav Adolf line of kings, Netherlands, Adolphe in France, Adolfo in Spain and Portugal, etc. Joseph has a solid anchor as a biblical name, though, and Stalin wasn't condemned nearly as much as Hitler was.

This may not be a good thing, but it does seem to match what you'd expect the human attitude to be. Consider what the typical, initial human reaction to someone named Adolf would be.

goombastic 8y ago

With humans, you can change an opinion. Once AI has made up its mind, there isn't anything you can do anymore. The entire system and extended network of interaction points will stick to the decision/stance it has made. If you are an outlier in the data, you will remain an outlier in the system. This is terrifying.

AstralStorm 8y ago
The correction would be to make the systems learn continuously in an online fashion. This is a hard open algorithmic problem though - how to achieve that in a stable robust way.
netheril96 8y ago
> With humans, you can change an opinion. Do you ever see anybody change their opinion? Usually they won't change simply after hearing an argument. They change only when they have an utterly different life experience. In other words, only when they are conditioned by new data, in no ways different from how an AI changes its opinion.
- SJetKaran 8y ago
  It depends on how 'deep' the person believes in that opinion. People change their opinions all the time after a simple discussion.

oldandtired 8y ago

Forty years ago, I worked for a very pleasant elderly Jew whose name was Adolf. There was never any association with bad things about him. I think you would more likely find the names Hitler or Stalin as being a little bit more problematic. I know my reaction is more to the surname than the first name.

TeMPOraL 8y ago
Also note that people do not tend to react negatively to the name Joseph. I'd ascribe that to it being much more common name than Adolf, though.
- PeterisP 8y ago
  Adolf used to be a quite common name (1%-2% of population) and it was popular in many countries e.g. Sweden including the Gustav Adolf line of kings, Netherlands, Adolphe in France, Adolfo in Spain and Portugal, etc. Joseph has a solid anchor as a biblical name, though, and Stalin wasn't condemned nearly as much as Hitler was.