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Re:Huntington Park’s “RoboCop” stores pedestrians’ faces, sc... by Ididntdothis on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:24PM (#20658686)
That’s the problem with ML and statistics. With the wrong input they quickly turn into something that constantly reinforces the status quo. It’s a dangerous path if not handled carefully.

You can see this even in advertising. All the ads I am being shown are about stuff I have bought or was interested in. They can’t give me new ideas or handle when my tastes have changed.

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Re:Huntington Park’s “RoboCop” stores pedestrians’ faces, sc... by throwaway2048 on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:30PM (#20658719)
Yep, a related question you might ask is: Would machine learning end slavery, or perpetuate and strengthen it, assuming it existed today as an accepted mass societal institution.

Consider it would likely be wealthy slaveholders that would aggressively deploy it first, being as they hold most of the capital, and have the most to gain from it.

I think people should consider the answer to that question very seriously.

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