Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation

Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by denzil_correa on Thursday November 10, 2016 @04:22PM (#12924493)

> Guess what; if you give race as a parameter to any half-decent algorithms trained on that data, the algorithm will learn that the written data contains those biases.

You know what? Even if you do not give race as a parameter; an algorithm could be biased. It can easily learn race from secondary or tertiary parameters.

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by wyager on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:33PM (#12925163)

I don't think you understood my post; giving race as a parameter allows ML algorithms to detect and counteract human racism.

If an ML algorithm notices a disparity along e.g. racial lines, it's because it's actually there, not because a human imagined it.

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