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Re:IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition o... by KarlKemp on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:59AM (#23464098)
The first mistake is to believe the definition of "bias" requires intent to harm. It doesn't. Any systemic error is "bias", even if it's just your thermometer always reporting 2 deg more than the actual temperature.

The second issue is believing some technical arcana are a valid excuse for selling products with such errors. It isn't! If your product reinforces entrenched discrimination, you either fix it or stop selling it.

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