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Berkeley scientists developing artificial intelligence tool to combat ‘hate speech’ on social media

Posted by M. C. on December 17, 2018

Berkeley developing a “hate index” algorithm that could censor and perhaps ruin your reputation.

Getting a warm fuzzy? Me neither.

BERKELEY! They ARE the haters.

Berkeley scientists developing artificial intelligence tool to combat ‘hate speech’ on social media

DANIEL PAYNE – ASSISTANT EDITOR

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are developing a tool that uses artificial intelligence to identify “hate speech” on social media, a program that researchers hope will out-perform human beings in identifying bigoted comments on Twitter, Reddit and other online platforms.

Scientists at Berkeley’s D-Lab “are working in cooperation with the [Anti-Defamation League] on a ‘scalable detection’ system—the Online Hate Index (OHI)—to identify hate speech,” the Cal Alumni Association reports

Be seeing you

safe space

 

One Response to “Berkeley scientists developing artificial intelligence tool to combat ‘hate speech’ on social media”

  1. Kenneth T.'s avatar

    Kenneth T. said

    “Real” intelligence still has a problem combating hate speech, so how in the h*ll can they (whoever “they” are) expect anything different from the artificial?
    …and when it comes to “artificial intelligence” how do we know it’s real and not just computer programming?
    ***This isn’t the movies you know.

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