Racial bias seen in hate speech detection set of rules from Google

Working out what makes one thing offensive or hurtful is hard sufficient that many of us cannot determine it out, let by myself AI methods. And folks of colour are steadily neglected of AI coaching units. So it is little wonder that Alphabet/Google-spawned Jigsaw manages to travel over either one of those iss…
Understanding what makes something offensive or hurtful is difficult enough that many people can't figure it out, let alone AI systems. And people of color are frequently left out of AI training sets. So it's little surprise that Alphabet/Google-spawned Jigsaw manages to trip over both of these iss…

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