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Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by soItGoesAgain on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:10AM (#36444859)
It may not seem like racism to say "Excuse me, how can I help you" but perhaps the doorbell AI has analysed the way the customer opens his door over a long duration, and noticed subtle differences in how he engages with people of different races. The customer may not even be aware that they are being racist. Perhaps a better response from the corporation would be more educational, to require the customer to complete a free online training courses to raise their state of awareness.
Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by nicky0 on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:18AM (#36444915)
You win today.
Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by throwaway173738 on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:32AM (#36445425)
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Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by nancyhn on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:12AM (#36447078)
Alternatively the doorbell AI might notice subtle differences in how people of different races, on average, engage him.
Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by brightlancer on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:26PM (#36450526)
That sounds like satire, but many of the under-30 crowd might support it:

¨However, Americans under the age of 30 stand out when it comes to 1984‐ style in‐ home government surveillance cameras. 3 in 10 (29 percent) Americans under 30 favor “the government installing surveillance cameras in every household” in order to “reduce domestic violence, abuse, and other illegal activity.” Support declines with age, dropping to 20 percent among 30–44 year olds and dropping considerably to 6 percent among those over the age of 45.¨

https://www.cato.org/blog/nearly-third-gen-z-favors-home-gov...

As someone else put it, the younger folks live so much of their lives online where they can contact a corporate nanny to remove speech they dislike and ban users, it makes sense they'd carry those ideas into meatspace and want the same done.

Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by cubefox on Friday June 23, 2023 @03:10PM (#36450990)
For blacks (of all ages) it's even higher: 33%. For whites it's 9%. So the difference is presumably the greatest between young blacks and old whites, though these numbers aren't given.