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That's the point. They were never intended to objectively assess intelligence. They were designed to reinforce the dominant culture. Just like Google's tests d
by edent 6y ago
That's the point. They were never intended to objectively assess intelligence. They were designed to reinforce the dominant culture.
Just like Google's tests do now.
- eloox 6y agoI don't know much about the history of these tests. Can Hanlon's razor principle be applied here?
- edent 6y agoNo. Look up to so called "literacy tests" used to disenfranchise voters. The people who designed those tests, and the "IQ" tests knew exactly what they were doing.
- mnw21cam 6y agoSimilarly, https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1556 https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1556 - the "Jewish Problems" that were extra-hard maths questions used to find an excuse to prevent certain students from getting into university.
- kube-system 6y agoI don’t think reCAPTCHA was designed to reinforce American culture. I think it was simply designed to make ML training sets for their other projects, and they neglected to make it accessible.