Google Photos scambia afroamericani per gorilla
Dopo aver lavorato al bug per 15 ore, il team di Google alla fine ha preferito eliminare del tutto la tag gorilla, per evitare che il problema possa ripetersi in futuro, promettendo intanto di continuare a studiare miglioramenti sul piano del riconoscimento delle facce delle persone di carnagione scura, e sull’utilizzo di tag che possono risultare offensive per particolari gruppi di persone.
Google Photos scambia afroamericani per gorilla - Wired
Google ‘fixed’ its racist algorithm by removing gorillas from its image-labeling tech
Nearly three years after the company was called out, it hasn’t gone beyond a quick workaround
Back in 2015, software engineer Jacky Alciné pointed out that the image recognition algorithms in Google Photos were classifying his black friends as “gorillas.” Google said it was “appalled” at the mistake, apologized to Alciné, and promised to fix the problem. But, as a new report from Wired shows, nearly three years on and Google hasn’t really fixed anything.The company has simply blocked its image recognition algorithms from identifying gorillas altogether — preferring, presumably, to limit the service rather than risk another miscategorization.
It may seem strange that Google, a company that’s generally seen as the forerunner in commercial AI, was not able to come up with a more complete solution to this error.
Google ‘fixed’ its racist algorithm by removing gorillas from its image-labeling tech - The Verge