Well , this is awkward . Flickr ’s seeminglyimpressive double recognition systemis puddle some embarrassing slips when identifying sinister hoi polloi and denseness ingroup , according to the Guardian .
Thenewspaper explainsthat the new algorithm , which is design to give chase and then filter figure of speech by content , is “ misfiring frequently . ” It key out how aportrait of a inglorious man bring up Williamgot auto - tag as “ blackandwhite ” and “ monochrome ” along with “ animate being ” and “ ape . ” ( by the bye , a pic ofa white womanalso father the same treatment . ) Elsewhere , characterisation of theDachau assiduity campwere tagged with “ hobo camp gym ” and “ sport ” , while one of Auschwitz was also dog as depicting “ sport . ”
But it ’s worth pointing out that such mistake are natural — and utilitarian . Flickr apply a machine - learning approaching to identify image , comparing novel pictures to ones that it ’s check in the past to sample and describe what they show . As a issue , it wo n’t always get them veracious , so an important step is for user to delete inappropriate tag so that it can learn from its misapprehension . In other watchword , it can check faster by making a few misunderstanding and then having them compensate .
So , yes , the slips that Flickr ’s algorithm has made are sticky . But they ’re also going to make it less clumsy in the future . [ Guardian ]
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