@starsandrobots this is obviously really stupid and unacceptable in 2016. Regardless of stereotypes they CAN know better.
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@starsandrobots I'm pretty sure machine learning algorithms are guaranteed to reproduce stereotypes, aren't they? They're like bias machines -
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@kragen even after 10 years, perhaps I shouldn't expect better from a company whose user image is a green cylinder:pic.twitter.com/eV85N5B0c5
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Or, to be fair, now remarkably similar cylinders categorized according to exterior signifiers of identity:pic.twitter.com/Xi7MKgsSMr
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@starsandrobots *maybe* the algorithms are just poor? A shared Kindle account also invalidates recommendations for my family. -
@jaydoscher yes, the algorithms are poor. that specific example seems like a different kind of thing however. -
@jaydoscher replication of bias is a specific way that an algorithm can be poor.
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@starsandrobots@noahlt In the time before adblock, Google thought I needed to buy wedding dresses? Search history contains mostly Uranium. -
@CJHandmer@noahlt just imagine the ads you could be seeing today!
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@starsandrobots ha! Google thinks I'm a young man into video games and web hosting. Two out three of those are true. -
@anca Also you're at least as old as I am. cc@starsandrobots
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@starsandrobots After poking around, it looks like you can tell Google. https://myaccount.google.com/gender?pli=1 I updated my Gender to "Decline to state".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots Ugh *facepalm*Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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