I think the point was reciting the (true!) 'biased datasets create biased models' argument at best avoids, and at worst actively undermines those bigger questions.

Someone in another thread on this had IMO a great comment[1] summarizing the sentiment:

> If you are going to say "Well, garbage-in, garbage-out!", why do you keep putting the racist garbage in?

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25286446