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mahatmakanejeeves

(61,634 posts)
Sun Feb 21, 2021, 09:10 AM Feb 2021

YouTube AI Blocked Chess Channel after Confusing 'Black' and 'White' for Racist Slurs

IncitementToResurrectionHat Retweeted

Content. Moderation. At. Scale. Is. Hard.



“80% of chess videos that were flagged for hate speech. ...had terms like 'black,' 'white,' 'attack' and 'threat.'”


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YouTube AI Blocked Chess Channel after Confusing 'Black' and 'White' for Racist Slurs (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2021 OP
Probably Checkers too, although sometimes 1/2 the checkers are red... SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #1
I heard youtubers complaining they couldn't say "covid", even in passing... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #2

getagrip_already

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2. I heard youtubers complaining they couldn't say "covid", even in passing...
Sun Feb 21, 2021, 10:03 AM
Feb 2021

Because they would get flagged for it. Apparently with all the disinformation the ai was flagging any use of the word.

And of course you can't say breast either, so I guess cooking channels had difficulty.

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