[LINK] web: 'Gorillas': Google Photos uses racist tag on black friends, provoking backl ...

[Jim Birch]

There's a bit of anthropomorphic conflation going on here.   I wouldn't
take the results of a photo matching algorithm too personally.

Jim

On 2 July 2015 at 12:10, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:

> Remember the pink skin filters from Senator Dick to make the internet
> "safe" from those nudey pictures? This is far worse.
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> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/gorillas-google-photos-uses-racist-tag-on-black-friends-provoking-backlash-20150701-gi31y6.html
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