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Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i...
by orand on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:04AM
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Anti-racism is racism. Systems to "mitigate systemic bias" are systemic bias, and explicitly so, which makes them far more evil.
Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i...
by didntcheck on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:11AM
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It's not some passing fad. Companies and institutes have been very open and self-declaring about viewing "whiteness" as a bad thing and explicit about wanting to have fewer white people in desirable positions or depicted
Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i...
by bequanna on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:17AM
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> It's recognizing and mitigating systemic bias, where there is currently a massive bias for whiteness, maleness, heterosexuality, etc.
Where is this “systemic bias” people keep crying about? I don’t see it in ads, in hiring policies, in college admission policies, etc.
In fact, I see the opposite: the group you mentioned is vilified and artificially held back across the board because it is fashionable. Fighting racism with a different kind of racism makes absolutely no sense.
The more we deviate from a meritocracy the more we all lose.
Because it is currently in fashion to do so.
>What does this have to do with corporate greed?
It has to do with a lot of things, but specifically greed-related the very fastest way to lose money or damage your brand is to offend someone that has access to large social reach. So better for them to err on the side of safety.