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>I don't know why people always feel the need to gender these things Because it's relevant to the point being made, i.e. that these tests reflect the biases an
by Barrin92 2y ago
>I don't know why people always feel the need to gender these things
Because it's relevant to the point being made, i.e. that these tests reflect the biases and interests of the people who make them. This is true not just for AI tests, but intelligence test applied to humans. That Demis Hassabis, a chess player and video game designer, decided to test his machine on video games, Go and chess probably is not an accident.
The more interesting question is why people respond so apprehensively to pointing out a very obvious problem and bias in test design.
- bawolff 2y ago> i.e. that these tests reflect the biases and interests of the people who make them Of course. However i believe we can't move past that without being honest about where these biases are coming from. Many things in our world are the result of gender bias, both subtle and overt. However, at least at first glance, this does not appear to be one of them, and statements like the grandparent's quote serve to perpetuate such biases further.
- oblio 2y agoIt's a quote from the 80s from the original author (who is a man...)... Thank you for virtue signalling, though.
- bawolff 2y ago> It's a quote from the 80s from the original author (who is a man...)... Yes, that was pretty clear in the original comment (?)
- oblio 2y agoThen remove the parts that offend your modern sensibilities and focus on the essence. He was right. Scientists were focusing on the "science-y" bits and completely missed the elephant in the room, that the thing a toddler already masters are the monster challenge for AI right now, before we even get into "meaning of life" type stuff.