Current Events > FaceApp creator apologizes for 'RACIST' filter

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/25/faceapp-apologises-for-racist-filter-which-lightens-users-skintone

lmao

This shouldn't even be news. It's obvious it was an error.

Obvious to whom? I don't think the average person has any idea how a neural network works
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there are snapchat filters that do that too

JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

This shouldn't even be news. It's obvious it was an error.

No, it's a stupid app that thinks the whole world wants people to be lighter skin.
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

eston posted...

This shouldn't even be news. It's obvious it was an error.

Obvious to whom? I don't think the average person has any idea how a neural network works

...anyone. I don't think the knowledge or lack therof of how neural networks should even apply. If you're black and an app makes you look white, it's presumptuous to think it's on purpose.

I don't see how it's presumptuous.
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

eston posted...

This shouldn't even be news. It's obvious it was an error.

Obvious to whom? I don't think the average person has any idea how a neural network works

...anyone. I don't think the knowledge or lack therof of how neural networks should even apply. If you're black and an app makes you look white, it's presumptuous to think it's on purpose.

I don't think that makes sense. If someone doesn't understand how the system works, i.e. that the adjustments these filters make are not something that is programmed by human hands, the obvious conclusion would be that skin lightening is an intentional part of the filter.
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Not to mention skin-lightening is a thing some people in other countries do irl, for the express purpose of fitting into western beauty ideals, so it's not as if there is no precedent for that sort of thing
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Having used these apps though, an experienced issues with them, I'm not sure why this issue would stand out. Unless you're the type of person who really thinks everything is racist unless they agree with you or something.

Oh, you're right, there's no possible medium between thinking everything is racist and being a fucking computer programmer.
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Your original post was that this shouldn't be news because it's an obvious error. I don't think it's that obvious, and I think it's good to report on things like this so people can see how it actually works.
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I'm not sure why that would astound you. People naturally assume that a human being programmed these filters, and if the "Hot" filter is consistently lightening dark skin then obviously they would see it as something intentional. Whether or not those intentions are racist is something else entirely. Looking at the tweets in that article it didn't seem as though any of those people were being super serious tbqh
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