Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by overgard 1746 days ago
This isn't the kind of slur that you can just run a dictionary search for. There are totally valid contexts to tag a gorilla in a picture if it contains gorillas. I'm sure there are other words it could also mistakenly classify with that might be insulting on accident but arent slurs (maybe tagging an athlete as a statue, for instance, like "that quarterback is a statue in the pocket"). This tech isn't perfect so you either need a human editor or you have to learn to live with mistakes. IMO the fact that this was unintentional and an AI mistake makes me think the outrage is more performative than genuine.
1 comments

Oh boy. People who know basic ML think "Oh, it was unintentional, just a basic misclassification, it happens." Guess what? You're still calling people slurs on your website, even if you did it accidentally.
I'm not saying it's not bad, but I think as adults we should all be able to differentiate between an accidental insult and an intentional one.