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Google turned me into a serial killer

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Re: Google turned me into a serial killer

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Post by n_u_l_l »

aikah wrote: post #30
encryptluks2 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Damages require proof. Unless they can show they lost something because of the mistake, then there are no damages.

> Damages require proof. Unless they can show they lost something because of the mistake, then there are no damages. You're basing your understanding of slander/libel on US laws I presume? If that person lives in Europe, generally, the bar for a successful lawsuit is __extremly low__ , it only requires the information to be blatantly false, there is no need to demonstrate the victim incurred any damages.

The barrier for a successful lawsuit is indeed very low, and based on my limited understanding, I think you will likely win when you demand that Google changes the picture on their website. They will likely also have to cover a part of your legal costs.

However if we are talking about monetary damages, those require hard proof of the damages and even then it is unlikely that they will have to pay all damages. Most lawyers I talk to usually recommend against suing for monetary damages.

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Post by js4ever »

Arnavion wrote: post #57
jetrink wrote: post #42

The info boxes sometimes contain surprising errors. I recently searched for Picasa and was informed that it was invented by Pablo Picasso in 2002! Google 'knows' Picasso died in the 1970s and it 'knows' he released a popular software program in 2002. That's an obvious contradiction requiring the simplest of rules to detect, but the system is just a dumb text extractor. (Interestingly, Google assistant gave the correc…

A few days ago, a person in an IRC channel I'm in was convinced AMD GPUs have CUDA cores, because they put "amd 5500rx cuda cores" into Google, saw the infobox entry that said "How many CUDA cores does a Rx 5700 have? 2,560 CUDA cores" and stubbornly refused to accept Google could be wrong. Amusingly that same infobox then has a table that states "2,560 stream processors" in the "Radeon RX 5700 XT" column. So one hal…

Indeed, especially when AI/ML decide to ban your account with no recourse and no explanation ...

Re: Google turned me into a serial killer

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Post by smdz »

Similar mismatch stuff exists with Google Scholar on two patent applications(now abandoned) where I contributed. It has my name but somebody else's photo and job title. Cannot apply to correct it just because I do not have any University email.

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Post by sophacles »

rcoveson wrote: post #82
nasmorn wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he is so rich now he can basically be considered white for purposes of discussing his privilege.

What a take! "Success and non-whiteness are incompatible." For the purpose of discussing the lack of privilege of homeless people, should we consider them black? It's almost as if race is just a confusing distraction in conversations about privilege!

What a take!

Here's some mic spam I heard the other day when gaming:

"There's all sorts of N*s - light brown, dark brown, even white ones. ...... and even the homeless guy on the corner is a N"

It's not the first time I've heard this sentiment, and presumably not the last.

Perhaps race (and gender, sexuality, wealth, etc) are related to privilege. I mean they are used to justify why entire groups of people deserve more or less privilege. Maybe those things are aren't "just a confusing distraction" but their associated 'isms' drive the issue of privilege.

Or maybe they are divisions used to distract from the privileges as you say.

Either way, dismissing race as just a distraction, that is to treat different facets of a bigger problem as unrelated, seems like an attempt to quash any discussion of the whole.

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Post by thecsw »

tytso wrote: post #88

I don't see what the big deal here. The serial killer really did exist, and has the same name as the author of the blog post. Searching for "Hristo Georgiev" using Bing and DuckDuckGo turns up the article about the serial killer as the first link. Why is this not "DuckDuckGo turned me into a serial killer", other than people hating on Google? Suppose his name was "Thomas Edison"; would the title of the article then r…

The whole point of the post is that Google grabbed his picture and attached it to the search card of said killer, so it looks like he is that person not only by name, but by first searched photo as well.
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