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  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I don't know about that I think non racist data collection is a thing that could be done. Completely nonpolitical is of course impossible as life is political. data on for example the price of bread is political as the price of bread is a result of political decisions

    I thought by biased data you were referring to the known trend of racist bias making its way into AI by use of racist training data. For example one now discontinued training set on house prices that included black people as a potential cause of lowered house prices because it was using a study made in the 1970s

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      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Yes I agree with you. Although depending on the purpose of the AI in question the politics could be less relevant.

        if for example you wanted an AI that identified what is and is not malware then the politics of the situation is less relevant than if you were using AI to sort through applicants for a job

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          • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            usually malware is defined as software that violates the policy of the owner of the computer. And while there is politics involved in that decision you do need to define it as malware is harmful to people and organisations

            once again I agree you can't remove politics from a decsion nor should you try

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              • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                normally the claim is that all Chinese software is malware but yes I see your point. It also doesn't help that the Russian government takes not much interest in policing malware production for various reasons largely to do with the rise of organised crime after the fall of the soviet union

                yeah programs aren't non political they are made by people for purposes and thus aren't objective measures of truth. Also you shouldn't just accept anything a computer says because computers make mistakes all the time

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