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It could be a consequence of racism. Racism lead to white people dominating the United States, which lead to images of white people dominating the internet, whi
by choeger 3y ago
It could be a consequence of racism. Racism lead to white people dominating the United States, which lead to images of white people dominating the internet, which lead to images of white people dominating the training data for facial recognition algorithms.
But it could also just reflect the composition of the population of the countries that dominate the internet.
- spidersenses 3y ago[flagged]
- polotics 3y agoYou're looking at adverts trying to get an edge of memorability by triggering cognitive dissonance the way they know will on the German general population...
- spidersenses 3y agoThat would be a very positive interpretation of the intention behind the strategy. Who would really buy a product where the manufacturer tries to provoke them? For a historical example have a look at Gillette's failed marketing campaign from a few years ago: https://time.com/5503156/gillette-razors-toxic-masculinity/ https://time.com/5503156/gillette-razors-toxic-masculinity/
- tptacek 3y agoI guess it depends on how much they're paying the mixed-race babies.