Facebook AI algorithm tags a pic with a group of cacettes standing together as "hoes".

[Sylar]

Facebook outage gave a glimpse at how its AI analyses images

Facebook’s issue displaying images yesterday gave users an interesting look at how the social media giant’s AI analyses their uploads.

An outage yesterday meant Facebook users were unable to see uploaded images, providing a welcome respite from the usual mix of food and baby photos. In their place, however, was some interesting text.

Text in the placeholder where the image should have been displayed showed how Facebook’s AI automatically tagged the images.

Some of the aforementioned tags were understandable, like “one person, beard”. Other tags – such as a group of women standing together being tagged as “hoes” – were more questionable.

Hey @facebook,
Is this an error? Why does this tag of women standing together on my Facebook say "hoes"? #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/zYLXycM0td

— Danielle Abril (@DanielleDigest) July 3, 2019
Facebook says it uses machine learning for tagging the images and reading the description to blind users. It’s unclear if there were “hoes” in terms of the farming tool in the image – but I don’t know how often even one is in a group photo, let alone plural.

Techies like many of our readers know Facebook is analysing photos to further understand each user, primarily for advertising purposes. Yesterday’s outage, however, will have opened more of the public’s eyes to how each of their uploads are being analysed and data extracted.

Shout-out to the person who uploaded a photo of their baby only for Facebook to categorise it as “Image may contain: dog”.

 

[IVS]

IT's learning

 

[African Peasant]

Is this the Microsoft fukkery part 2? Facebook AI going full HOH/redpill

Microsoft I think created an AI bot that went full nazt after a few hours on the net.

What do you think a Coli AI bot will look like?

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Spoiler

facebook with thealgorithm

 

[Sylar]

Is this the Microsoft fukkery part 2? Facebook AI going full HOH/redpill

Microsoft I think created an AI bot that went full nazt after a few hours on the net.

What do you think a Coli AI bot will look like?

"image may contain 5 aliases, including Reggie Tiller's good eye. People trolling, wenches and with cacs"

 

[Pimpdaddy]

:Mjgrin::Mjgrin::Mjgrin:

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Is this the Microsoft fukkery part 2? Facebook AI going full HOH/redpill

Microsoft I think created an AI bot that went full nazt after a few hours on the net.

What do you think a Coli AI bot will look like?

Marcel pro black rellu

 

[Diondon]

Machine learning

 

[Londilon]

Facebook's AI got a Coli account and is part of the HOH movement.