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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

YouTube AI Blocked Chess Channel after Confusing 'Black' and 'White' for Racist Slurs

Did YouTube block a chess channel over violation of community guideline and usage of racist language? Late last year, a YouTuber who produces popular chess videos found that his channel was blocked over charges of 'harmful and dangerous' content.
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13 comments:

  1. Big AlFebruary 24, 2021 at 6:39 AM

    You have to be careful using the term "Queen" too.

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  2. Old TechFebruary 24, 2021 at 6:49 AM

    Breaking News:
    The Chess Channel is now permanently banned after White achieved Checkmate.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2021 at 6:57 AM

    Its worse than that. They were discussing advances and capturing and we all know that only women can be advanced upon or captured....fucking Spartans...ruining it for everyone.

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  4. Tree MikeFebruary 24, 2021 at 7:23 AM

    Malignant, evil, idiocracy. Welcome to The New Normal. It' not a bug, it's the feature.

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  5. Justin_O_GuyFebruary 24, 2021 at 7:52 AM

    Some days I wonder if maybe they have taken the search for an excuse to be butthurt just a bit too far..

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  6. ÜberFisherFebruary 24, 2021 at 8:13 AM

    I'm a big fan of Agadamator's channel. Chess is my poison - it is addictive & beautiful at the same time. And this guy REALLY puts a good commentary together. I remember when it happened, he wasn't sure why. I had a feeling it was black, white, attack, threat, penetration, and other words commonly used in describing a game.

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  7. StonygroundFebruary 24, 2021 at 8:19 AM

    I found a version of the Tim Minchin poem "Storm" that had been censored by a crude algorithm of some sort. Stars had been inserted in place of letters wherever words like ass and kill appeared. The problem is that the words being censored were assert and skill.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2021 at 9:19 AM

    I watched a "colorized by artificial intelligence" John Wayne movie last night. The horses were nice shades of green occasionally. Quite interesting.

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  9. rickn8orFebruary 24, 2021 at 9:56 AM

    But see what results you get when you put "fart" in the search box.

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  10. StonygroundFebruary 24, 2021 at 10:16 AM

    I forgot to mention that in the UK there is a town called Scunthorpe that often falls foul of this kind of thing.

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  11. RayFebruary 24, 2021 at 10:18 AM

    Solution: Henceforth all pieces shall be of equal gray color. Don't worry you can't tell yours from theirs. The gov will send out trained inspectors to arbitrate the equity.

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    1. B.CFebruary 24, 2021 at 1:45 PM

      Dominion already locked up that contract as the official arbitrators.

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  12. Pigpen51February 24, 2021 at 1:47 PM

    It reminds me of the cartoon of Beetle Bailey. Sarge was telling Beetle and a black private that there was no such thing as black and white in the U.S. Army, only green. He then said, " you, the dark green one, head over to the office and bring me back my duty roster."
    Of course, that would not fly today, but many years ago, it was brilliant.

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