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“Google’s comment-ranking system will be a hit with the alt-right” by Violet Blue, Engadget (2017).

John Bowers

Google’s Perspective API, which uses machine learning to moderate comment sections, promised to avoid bias by focusing on deleting “toxic” comments that might deter people from a conversation. However, sentences such as “I am a black sex worker” or “people will die if they kill Obamacare” were identified as highly toxic and suitable for deletion. What does this tell us about the promise of using AI to moderate content? 
 

“Google’s comment-ranking system will be a hit with the alt-right” by Violet Blue, Engadget (2017).

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