A.I. Systems Echo Biases They’re Fed, Putting Scientists on Guard

Re:A.I. Systems Echo Biases They’re Fed, Putting Scientists ... by manfredo on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:22PM (#21530319)

The narrative is what I have observed and experienced working in the SF Bay area, and it's what the overwhelming majority of my colleagues report as well. You can also see it playing out in this thread, where people are not-so-subtly suggesting that people who point out disparities between rates of crime between groups are white supremacists: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21527985

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Re:A.I. Systems Echo Biases They’re Fed, Putting Scientists ... by loopz on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:31PM (#21530425)

The intelligent response is to find ways to convey a message without alienating the PC crowd (who incidentally just undermines their own authority when claiming to own absolute truth).

Many people have been repressed their whole lives. It doesn't get better by digging heels in, but sometimes compromise and not trying to win all wars, may turn out improved outcomes.

A big problem is the whole dull-minded "right vs left" duality. Tribal mentality that replaces actual issues and solutions.

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Re:A.I. Systems Echo Biases They’re Fed, Putting Scientists ... by empath75 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:20PM (#21532471)

I’m going to not subtly at all say that if you’re pointing that out, you’re a racist.

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Re:A.I. Systems Echo Biases They’re Fed, Putting Scientists ... by manfredo on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:29PM (#21532792)

I'm not sure I follow. I state that there is stigma attached to acknowledging differences between groups. Calling people racist for doing so seems to reinforce my claim that it is stigmatized, no?

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Re:A.I. Systems Echo Biases They’re Fed, Putting Scientists ... by empath75 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:44AM (#21534644)

Some stigmas are well deserved.

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