Interesting Links for 06-02-2020

[andrewducker]

Do men want to protect their families? Or do they just really love guns?(tags:guns fatherhood parenting safety men society )FactCheck Q&A: can the government change the law to keep terrorists in prison?(tags:crime law terrorism UK )Welcome to the Bullshit Economy(tags:fraud software business politics viaNancyLebov )Gungan Diplomat Interrupts State

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[woodpijn]

The idea that a (current-technology) AI could tell whether a character's race is ever specified is absurd. I guess it just looks for things like "blonde hair" or "blue eyes"?

Not sure why they didn't pay a human to read the books and check (not necessarily all the candidate books, just screening the shortlist compiled by the AI), or even ask around the office if anyone had read the book and whether they agreed with the AI's judgement? Or just posting on an appropriate Reddit or similar - lots of people would gladly chime in to show off their literary knowledge for free.

The Secret Garden is a particularly ridiculous example:

“When I heard you was comin’ from India I thought you was a black too

[andrewducker]

Yup. These are the classics after all! It shouldn't be that hard to check!

[radiumhead]

i hate my family, i just want the guns