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Google deleting mentions of Wumao within seconds

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Post by your-nanny » Wed, May 27, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC

Google deleting mentions of Wumao within seconds
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Post by jonnycomputer » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:40 AM UTC

For reference, Wumao is the 50 Cent Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

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#3

Post by efoto » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:44 AM UTC

Sounds like a misconfigured filter or a mistrained AI. Garbage in – garbage out.

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Post by dang » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:50 AM UTC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23324695

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23317570

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223219 (1200+ comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23221264

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Post by RileyJames » Thu, May 28, 2020, 1:01 AM UTC

efoto wrote: post #3

Sounds like a misconfigured filter or a mistrained AI. Garbage in – garbage out.

Really? Why does it appear to be consistently happening in China/HK rather than New Zealand, Germany, Malaysia, etc?

Why is it sensitive words vs random words?

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Post by your-nanny » Thu, May 28, 2020, 3:46 AM UTC

RileyJames wrote: post #5

efoto wrote: post #3

Sounds like a misconfigured filter or a mistrained AI. Garbage in – garbage out.

Really? Why does it appear to be consistently happening in China/HK rather than New Zealand, Germany, Malaysia, etc? Why is it sensitive words vs random words?

I'm inclined to agree... but to play devil's advocate, it's the sensitive ones we remember and talk about.

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