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by karpierz 6y ago
You're talking about a different problem than the original thread. The original thread isn't saying "the underlying world is biased"; Obama's face exists in the world. It's saying that the dataset isn't re
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by karpierz 6y ago
Saying that the issue with the model was biased data is like saying the issue with obesity in America is that people eat too much. It's ignoring the broader context of the issue, in favour of a simple answer of "well if people ate
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by karpierz 6y ago
If you look at this single instance, independent of the world around it, it looks ridiculous. You need to look at it in the context of a long[1] list[2] of works[3] detailing this exact problem, and the frustration that an leading expert in
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by karpierz 6y ago
And led to government regulation of distributing guns. Have government grants for ML research be contingent on training on diverse datasets. Fund research into more diverse benchmarks and push them as the goal to beat.
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by karpierz 6y ago
Is it that far beyond her understanding though? It's as simple as saying: "No, it's like someone's taken a picture of the world and you're looking at it."
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by karpierz 6y ago
Yes, if racism were something people could choose opt out of, my argument would be inconsistent. But I'm not sure how that's relevant?
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by karpierz 6y ago
No? If someone has to complete a marathon with a 20 lbs weight around their neck, I'm willing to adjust their time downwards to reflect that. I'm not going to avoid doing it because unencumbered runners feel cheated by it.
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by karpierz 6y ago
The point is that we shouldn't adapt our processes because people feel cheated. Just because you feel like someone didn't earn something doesn't mean much.
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by karpierz 6y ago
> like it or not it is not a natural human sentiment to stop and go "well one hundred years ago my great grandfather benefited unfairly...". It's not a hundred years ago, it's this year, right now. And I think if you&
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by karpierz 6y ago
I'm sure Nelson Mandela, MLK, and Rosa Parks really would've done well with this advice.
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by karpierz 6y ago
Would you put anyone on a waiting period, or only people who were violent? And would you have the same answer if you believed that law enforcement wouldn't do anything to stop the buyer from doing anything?
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by karpierz 6y ago
Again, you're avoiding the question; it's a moral question, not a legal one. Yes, it's illegal. But that doesn't mean it's unethical. I'm asking if it's unethical to sell someone a gun if you're convi
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by karpierz 6y ago
You've avoided the question. Suppose that they'd already been on trial for it, found guilty and served their time. Do you sell them the gun, knowing that they intend to use it for violence? If you showed Home Depot sufficient evid
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by karpierz 6y ago
Would you sell a man a gun if they told you: "hey, if you sell this to me, I'm going to go shoot that black kid outside", and then showed you a few videos of them doing this before?
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by karpierz 6y ago
Do these open source developers: A) Have a means of identifying which of their users are pedophiles, rapists, and terrorists? B) Have a means of selectively denying people access to the tools? C) Have a means of determining which of these u
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by karpierz 6y ago
Sure, and they're welcome to clarify how the police should be held accountable when applying force to citizens but should not be held accountable for applying force to non-citizens. Or how certain human rights can be maintained for one
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by karpierz 6y ago
Suppose that: 1. You provide tools to a group. 2. You believe (in a informed way) that the group intends to act immorally. 3. Your tools will make the group more effective at acting immorally. Do you have any responsibility for what happens
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by karpierz 6y ago
Appeal to authority is a fallacy, because "authority says X is true doesn't imply X is true". If an expert says "X is true", it's not true because they're an expert, it's true because they provide evi
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by karpierz 6y ago
This isn't people pushing their own political agenda; this is a consequence of the political stance they took. When a company takes a political stance, they should be held accountable for it.
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by karpierz 6y ago
If we consistently held that attitude, South African apartheid wouldn't have ended.
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by karpierz 6y ago
The recursion assumes that log(n) > w; if log(n) <= w, then you're in the base case and it's O(n).
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by karpierz 6y ago
> But the 2006 law also shifted the burden of paying for worker and retiree benefits entirely to the Postal Service. That came at the insistence of the Bush administration, Davis said. Davis being the congressman who introduced the bill.
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by karpierz 6y ago
Your argument is based on corporations existing within a closed system within the country. But you're ignoring the ability of money leaving the country without being taxed.
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by karpierz 6y ago
If you robbed a grocery store with a gun, you probably shouldn't be trusted with a gun again.
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by karpierz 6y ago
It's interesting, but it doesn't look like the reaction time windows are particularly tight. 500ms is a generous reaction time. And the FPS scenario didn't really test snap accuracy or reaction time, the limiting factor on co
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by karpierz 6y ago
It seems like the author tested rote activities that were well within their comfort zone; I'd be curious to see how well they'd perform when trying to learn something new or work at something that they hadn't practiced before
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by karpierz 6y ago
I wouldn't say it's the type of numbers, rather whether they're constant. (Const 0)^(var 0) is 0. (Var 0)^(const 0) is 1. (Const 0)^(const 0) is undefined. (Var 0)^(var 0) is defined based on the functions that define those v
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by karpierz 6y ago
The public option isn't supposed to replicate private insurance. Monopolistic/legislative powers allow the public option to set market rates.
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by karpierz 6y ago
Not exactly. Its owners could always pack up and work elsewhere. Or in the case of capital, invest elsewhere. You have to beat the alternative option.
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by karpierz 6y ago
How do you prevent your platform turning into a tool for money laundering/extracting cash from stolen credit cards?

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