Saturday, October 12, 2019

Twitter algorithm more often flags blacks for racist and offensive language - Experts: Discrimination due to the "subtle difference" of innocent black slang in the hood - Image: Subtle Knockout Game still popular with 'teens' --tma


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A paper from computer scientists from the University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, found that machines were more likely to flag tweets from black people than white people as offensive:
It all boils down to the subtle differences in language. African-American English (AAE), often spoken in urban communities, is peppered with racial slang and profanities. ...