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Thursday, 26 November 2015

Google is racist


I wanted to check the statistics on a previous post, and discovered how racist the world is.
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4 comments:

  1. Sakari Maaranen26 November 2015 at 15:38

    The autocompletion is perhaps the most prejudiced system there is.

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  2. Ciro Villa26 November 2015 at 15:43

    Sad stuff..

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  3. James Garry26 November 2015 at 18:38

    Sakari MaaranenAnd that is (I think) purely a reflection of the searches that feed it. It truly is a mirror for our basest fears and hatreds.

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  4. Elie Thorne26 November 2015 at 23:37

    With my Duckduckgo
    "How many people are killed" : by / carbon ...
    (?? ... well, why not)

    "How many people are killed by" : death ...
    (You're not even trying, are you)

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