Is AI racially biased?

The reliability of the system has been called into question over failures to satisfactorily distinguish the features of black people and particularly black women.

Here in the UK, the government has set up an official unit to investigate bias in facial recognition and other aspects of Artificial Intelligence.

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[asdsaasdas]

Lol "of colour" all that means is "not white"

[jamesandchante]

The black lady with the white glasses, liteally said, "People and women of color, " Are women of color not also people?!?! Joking. ;)

[gootjuicehotsauce]

"If I judged them by the content of their character, they would BEG me to judge them by the color of their skin!" - Thomas Linton Metzger, 1938-2020

[ftroop]

"Highing for diversity" pretty racist in itself!

[jamesgorman]

Wow darker surfaces reflect less light! Eureka!

[sbam]

Do you hear Asians complain about AI not being inclusive of them? No. The Chinese, Koreans, Japanese etc. make their own tech. Japan, in fact, is the most advanced country in the field of robotics and robotic AI and they couldn't give a shyte of being "inclusive" as long as their tech fits what they want it to do, and good for them. Here's a hint, if you feel your race isn't represented, instead of running around telling other people they need to include you, there's nothing stopping you from building and submitting your own databases or write "better" code and supply it to them or better yet, creating your own start-ups and profit from doing it better if you are able.

[GreatBritain]

"Researching prejudice in tech" ok so this person is just LOOKING for something to call racist and sexist

[Animemaniacman]

This really shouldn't be controversial

[patricka.crawley]

She's appropriating my national costume and language.

[valkiron]

I guess Skynet won't be targeting black people.

[VerbaleMondo]

We shouldn't pay attention to them, they always find a way to complain.

[hamedesmaili]

AI is honest and doesn't understand the political correctness

[jameswhiteley]

Always the victims. Let's have more diversity in the tech industry regardless of who is the most suitable for the job.

[ybbok]

You mean facial recognition will have troubles recognising me... Great 😁

[shlomoweinbergstein]

Intelligence is linked to race .Even AI has figured this out too.

[RentAsunder]

Good God we aren't all equal it's like dogs same species different breed some breeds are smarter, some are more violent some are darker some are lighter. Some are darker, more violent, lower IQ and have nappy hair

[dennis-qubs]

The algorithms are set to be racially biased when suggesting products

[Yawnymcsnore]

No it just works from facts which unfortunately tell the unfavorable truth

[gernvurney]

Wtf does she want us to do, make her reflect more light?

[arian]

Well, if they wanna use this in some sort of criminal facial identification system, this definitely will be useless if they don't fix this issue