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Google says its robots are better than humans at spotting extremist YouTube videos
The Telegraph ^
| 8/1/17
| Cara McGoogan
Posted on 08/01/2017 7:54:17 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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This doesn't bode well for the free exchange of information.
The article states "If we [Google] find that these videos dont violate our policies but contain controversial religious or supremacist content, they will be placed in a limited state."
If their AI filtered out all islamist material, I'd be happy. But "controversial religious or supremacist content" most likely means 1) Christianity and 2) Conservative thought and discourse.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
They are not better than humans. The “robots” are programs that run all the time! There is no human who devotes all his/her/its time to finding offensive videos. So of f*cking course, the bleeding “robots” are going to do a better job than humans.
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posted on
08/01/2017 7:56:26 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
08/01/2017 7:59:31 AM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Note how they progress on the slipper slope from extremist content to violent extremist content. Anarcho Capitalists, Amish, Alt-Right could all be labeled extremists. But they are not violent.
Palestinian Terrorists are supported by a majority of UN delegates. So, by definition they are not extremists.
A big mistake is made by not clarifying the difference between those two types of people and groups of people.
Yes, there is overlap between the two groups. But there is also overlap between male and each of those groups, and between many other factors.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
"If we [Google] find that these videos dont violate our policies but contain controversial religious or supremacist content, they will be placed in a limited state."
As was done to Dennis Prager and some of his content from Prager University. You know Dennis, a real whacko extremist guy. /s
To: spintreebob
I guess this is why Steve Bannon wants them regulated as a public utility.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
What ‘rules’ have they programmed their bots to use? Something like: illegal alien = extreme, islamic terrorist = extreme, MAGA = extreme, etc.
To: neverevergiveup
It will not be long before they program their AI with key words—not “bad” key words but a list of MSM talking points.
If the talking points are not regurgitated then it must be extremist content!
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posted on
08/01/2017 8:13:49 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Their AI is automated narrative enforcement trained to be politically correct.
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posted on
08/01/2017 8:23:11 AM PDT
by
setha
(It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
What is the alternative to youtube?
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posted on
08/01/2017 8:23:28 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
08/01/2017 8:25:21 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Buckeye McFrog
To: I want the USA back
I saw an article today about human-looking robots. All I have ever seen are white. Are there any black robots?
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Anti-Trust the hell out of Google.
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posted on
08/01/2017 8:47:33 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
This doesn’t bode well for the future of You Tube. If they’re going to censor conservative speech then conservatives will need to go elsewhere.
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posted on
08/01/2017 8:49:58 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Black robots? Plenty of them. But they are sure mean looking...
To: ProtectOurFreedom
They’ll be whining once they realize it.
To: MeganC
conservatives will need to go elsewhere OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!
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posted on
08/01/2017 8:55:50 AM PDT
by
rx
(Truth Will Out!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“Violent” extremist videos from...which side of the coin? I’m thinking that not many Loony Lefty/BLM/Antifa/Occupy/Anti-Trump/Muslim videos are getting blocked.
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posted on
08/01/2017 9:10:17 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
To: Buckeye McFrog
I'm not one inclined to seek regulation or greater government intrusion into our lives, but on this issue, I'm with Bannon. While there is this great brouhaha in the press about "foreign influence on our elections", how about a little attention to
domestic influence, outside of that which is regulated (campaign contributions), which is very influential and not at all visible to the public? As in Google's search algorithm, which may have been altered to emphasize negative information about Trump and de-emphasize negative information about Hillary in the 2016 campaign. Google executives can contribute to candidates campaigns, subject to the limits all he rest of us face. They can contribute to PAC's without limits. But Google itself, or Alphabet, cannot as a corporation contribute to a candidate's campaign. That has been prohibited since the aftermath of Watergate in the 1970's. But what about some hidden, minor tweak to the search algorithm, which would have great impact on the public debate, but would not be reflected in the archaic regulatory process we have for campaign contributions?
This is what needs a special counsel.
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