Are We Automating Racism?

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I vouched for this after I noticed it had already been posted (but was flagged/dead) after I posted it as well (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26652224). Not sure why this was flagged (maybe because the poster is a new user?)

The video provides a good overview about the issues surrounding bias in ML, and I think it motivates a discussion that would be useful to have on HN, given the number of people who work on such systems that regularly visit this site.

> The video provides a good overview about the issues surrounding bias in ML, and I think it motivates a discussion that would be useful to have on HN, given the number of people who work on such systems that regularly visit this site.

Have you read any sane discourse on HN in the last few years? The top post on any thread like this will discuss how algorithmic bias is just some SJW conspiracy or concern.

I've been a long time lurker of the site and decided to start contributing to it with this submission today. I realize that the topic does have flamebait qualities but it was never my intention to showcase that. I found this video to be more substantial than usual youtube algorithm hacking videos on the topic.

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