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DonForgo t1_iyf4yyw wrote

Robots cannot be racist, they just follow commands.

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AbrocomaOk8973 t1_iyf96ut wrote

Yeah but if the people programming them are racist, then they’re informed by that racism.

Example: Facial recognition cameras that misidentify Black folks all the time (literally happening)

Person detecting systems in selfdriving cars not registering Black folks as people

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bananafobe t1_iyf6xyo wrote

At the risk of missing potential sarcasm, that's a pretty good demonstration of why the "you don't know what's in their heart" conversation about racism misses the point.

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Ksh_667 t1_iyf5i1i wrote

I know, that's why I put the /s at the end :)

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