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Was this AI trained on an unbalanced data set? (Only black folks?) Or has it only been used to identify photos of black people? I have so many questions: some technical, some on media sensationalism

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[–] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not only growing up with them. We're just better identifying people/animals/things we're familiar with. Horses all look the same if you're not around them regularly. You can distinguish colours, but that's it.

Not comparing people to horses by the way...