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Facebook doesn't know its onions: Seeds ad banned after machine-learning algo found vegetable pic 'overtly sexual'
The Register ^ | Oct 13, 2020 | Katyanna Quach

Posted on 10/13/2020 6:48:56 PM PDT by dayglored

Facebook's computer-vision algorithm flagged an innocuous advert for onions posted on its social media platform for being "overtly sexual."

The Seed Company by EW Gaze, a Canadian garden store, wanted to advertise its Walla Walla onion seeds on the social network, but its attempt was shot down after the image used in the advert was deemed too naughty by Facebook's software.

Although most would argue that there's nothing remotely sexy about a close-up shot of onions in a basket, Facebook's automated software clearly disagreed. A screenshot posted by the company said the image was classified as having "overtly sexual positioning".

In experiments, Vinay Prabhu, a researcher at a privacy-focused startup, revealed that the image seems to contain one offending onion in the middle that is often mistaken for porn in object-recognition models. Perhaps it somewhat resembles a breast if you squint really hard. It's possible that's what Facebook's algorithms have zeroed in on too.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Humor
KEYWORDS: ai; facebook; onions; pua; sex
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To: Repeal The 17th

Those roots are the funniest thing I’ve seen all week!


21 posted on 10/13/2020 7:15:57 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: Billthedrill

That’s some onions that will bring tears to your eyes...


22 posted on 10/13/2020 7:26:17 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Repeal The 17th

What vegetables are those anyway? Radishes? Arrowroot?


23 posted on 10/13/2020 7:27:43 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: rlmorel
I guess cucumbers, melons, and summer sausage are on the hit list next. <<

Yeah and every vegetable known to man.....Ive watched the commercial so many times...but google some how cant find it!

FReepers help me out here....

24 posted on 10/13/2020 7:31:19 PM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: dayglored

My Uncle, living in Spokane, was a fan of Walla Walla onions. Said you could eat them like an apple. Years after he was gone, I was cruising back to Illinois (after dropping my wife off in Portland to assist her Mother after an operation) and bought a 100 lb. bag of Walla Wallas at the farm. Bad mistake. They were good after a fashion, but were not keepers, I quickly discovered that I did not have enough relatives and acquaintances to use them all up before they started to spoil. They are really mild and don’t have much onion flavor.


25 posted on 10/13/2020 7:31:56 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: dayglored

(He’s been with the world)
I’m tired of the soup du jour
(He’s been with the world)
I wanna end this prophylactic tour
Afraid that no-one around me
Understands my potato
Think I’m only a spud boy
Looking for a real tomato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvEu6G-i_0


26 posted on 10/13/2020 7:34:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: M-cubed
forgot to add...its the Peyronie’s Disease commercial
27 posted on 10/13/2020 7:35:36 PM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: Western Phil

“They are really mild and don’t have much onion flavor.”

What’s the point?


28 posted on 10/13/2020 7:42:45 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (With age comes wisdom or well practiced ignorance)
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To: dayglored

The Facebook AI is doing the breast it can.


29 posted on 10/13/2020 7:54:47 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Flick Lives
> The Facebook AI is doing the breast it can.

Channeling Joe Biden, I see...

30 posted on 10/13/2020 7:59:36 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

I put an add on the fakebook marketplace for a Shepherds Hook... You know, the metal things you put in the ground to hold a hanging basket of plants... the add was rejected because of cruelty to animals concerns


31 posted on 10/13/2020 8:19:06 PM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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To: dayglored
For crying out loud...what else are these dumb algorithms censoring?


32 posted on 10/13/2020 8:27:32 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: BitWielder1

We science fiction buffs have warned for years about the dangers of artificial intelligence.

It never occurred to us that the planet would actually be overrun by artificial stupidity.


33 posted on 10/13/2020 8:48:07 PM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: dayglored

Not guilty!


34 posted on 10/13/2020 8:48:46 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: cgbg

I don’t think I have ever read a Sci-fi story with that plot, but seems like an obvious story line now that you mention it. “Captain somebody forgot to tell the AI we need oxygen to live”


35 posted on 10/13/2020 8:59:17 PM PDT by nomorelurker
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To: nomorelurker
“Captain, somebody forgot to tell the AI we need oxygen to live”

Dave: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
HAL: "I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

36 posted on 10/13/2020 10:45:34 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: dayglored

Singing, but about to be banned, “You Sexy Thing” (Hot Chocolate).

Next to be banned, Booker T and the MGs, “Green Onions”.

Then they will ban “Climb Every Mountain” and “Over the Mountains, Across the Seas” (Johnny & Joe), as well as “Rocky Mountain High” (John Denver), “Mountains” (Prince), and “Mountain’s High” (Dick and DeeDee). Of course they will ban “Mountain of Love” (Harold Dorman and Johnny Rivers).

Next “The Banana Boat Song”.


37 posted on 10/14/2020 12:07:17 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: dayglored

I’m surprised nobody mentioned this one...

Susan Christie - I Love Onions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mhdIVwky0


38 posted on 10/14/2020 1:15:52 AM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
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To: dayglored

My wife brought home a 3 foot Opo fruit that was slightly bulbous on one end. Our teenage daughter saw it and was giggling for half an hour.


39 posted on 10/14/2020 1:28:57 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Liberal / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling...)
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To: cgbg
I've seen Sci-Fi stories where they actually call it Artificial Stupid.

They only work by pattern recognition, not reasoning.
Very much like our own easily triggered SJW's.

40 posted on 10/14/2020 7:03:24 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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