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Then, why are the vast majority of the images of people in Google image search results for "techbro" or "tech bro" white men? Serious question. https://www.go

• woodruffw 5y ago
  > Then, why are the vast majority of the images of people in Google image search results for "techbro" or "tech bro" white men? Serious question. For the same reason that an image search for "successful CEO" shows white men. Google's results are both a reflection and amplification of any input biases.
  • actually_a_dog 5y ago
    Sure. Google returns what's out there, and people put stuff out there that reflects their biases. But, the claim was that "techbro" was wrongly being conflated with "white man." In this case, we're talking precisely about these biases. These image search results seem to be evidence against that claim.
• bdcravens 5y ago
  A number of those images are from the TV show Silicon Valley, a show satirizing the industry. Similar search in Google images also tend to match various stereotype (basketball player, hotel housekeeping, etc). Google will generally reflect what's on the Internet.
  • actually_a_dog 5y ago
    Right, and the fact that there is a popular TV show depicting such a stereotype is some amount of evidence that the original claim that "tech bro" and "white man" are wrongly conflated is wrong. Search "tech bro" -tv -hbo and you get similar results: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22tech+bro%22+-tv+-hbo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiWm77F1f71AhXQGjQIHSF8CqAQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=%22tech+bro%22+-tv+-hbo&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1C4CFjcEGCPFGgAcAB4AIABswGIAZAGkgEDMS41mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=VgQKYpaYGdC10PEPofipgAo&bih=581&biw=1151 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22tech+bro%22+-tv+-hbo&tbm=... If anything, especially on the first page, the images get a little whiter when you add -tv -hbo to the search string.
    • bdcravens 5y ago
      Sure, but the bigger point is that Google is merely showing what the Internet reflects, which in general reflects society. Like when you search for "hotel housekeeper" or something positive like "CEO".
  • datavirtue 5y ago
    I thought it was a documentary.