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That's not how language works. We're also all animals but not animals at the same time. Context and culture affect the meaning of words.
by exporectomy 5y ago
That's not how language works. We're also all animals but not animals at the same time. Context and culture affect the meaning of words.
- pugets 5y agoI read the comment in a different way: We are all literally primates. Humans and apes share a lot of physical characteristics. It's not odd that an AI would confuse humans with primates, it's just unfortunate.
- mastazi 5y agoParent's point is not irrelevant though, did the AI label only people of one specific racial background as primates? The article doesn't really provide any details as it's only a few lines long. The word "primate" in itself is not a slur but it can be used as a slur, as you said, depending on the context, however not much context was given in the article.
- ntSean 5y agoThere was a discussion of this in a sibling thread with more context. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28416909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28416909
- mastazi 5y agoBut the sibling thread doesn't seem to have additional sources. My point was that this BBC article we are discussing leaves a lot to interpretation and I wish it was more informative.
- exporectomy 5y agoThat's interesting. It may have done the same with white people the same amount but nobody called the BBC to whine, or the BBC didn't care about that.
- ntSean 5y agoIf it had tagged all humans in all photos as primates; this wouldn't be newsworthy- but it didn’t do that. It only tagged black people. Which if you can empathise with others, is understandably offensive.
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- mastazi 5y ago> but it didn’t do that. It only tagged black people Do you have a source for that? I couldn't find this in the article but maybe I missed it.