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The NY Times is showing their own bias here, ignoring the cases when Google's algorithms favor black people, like a search for "American inventors". https://ww
by leereeves 8y ago
The NY Times is showing their own bias here, ignoring the cases when Google's algorithms favor black people, like a search for "American inventors".
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=American%20inventors https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=American%20inventors
Google's algorithms are imperfect but the NY Times is cherry picking results to favor a particular political agenda.
- econ4all 8y agoThat's because it's matching "African American Inventors". I guess it's understandable how this became a rallying cry for racists but if you were to search for "US inventors" you'll find all the white faces you crave: https://www.google.com/search?q=us+inventors https://www.google.com/search?q=us+inventors
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- leereeves 8y agoThe only racism here is in your head. The NY Times is alleging "Bias at Google" and cherry picking examples that support that allegation while ignoring evidence that would refute that allegation. I'm sure all of these examples, both positive and negative, have technical explanations. Further refutation of the claim that Google is biased.
- econ4all 8y agoI misunderstood your intentions.
- lorenzhs 8y agoThat doesn't contradict the article in any way. The article observes that the inadvertent bias in search results tends to reproduce real-world bias against minorities. It makes no claim that the same frequency mining algorithms cannot also skew results in other unintended ways, like matching "African American Inventors" to your query. Claiming otherwise is dishonest.
- leereeves 8y agoPainting a misleading picture of the whole situation by ignoring evidence that doesn't suit their agenda is dishonest.
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