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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Those roots are the funniest thing I’ve seen all week!
That’s some onions that will bring tears to your eyes...
What vegetables are those anyway? Radishes? Arrowroot?
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....
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.
(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
“They are really mild and don’t have much onion flavor.”
What’s the point?
The Facebook AI is doing the breast it can.
Channeling Joe Biden, I see...
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
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.
Not guilty!
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”
Dave: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
HAL: "I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
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”.
I’m surprised nobody mentioned this one...
Susan Christie - I Love Onions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mhdIVwky0
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.
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