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Black Man Accuses AI of Being Racist After Passport Photo Is Rejected
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:02 am
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:02 am
Black Man Accuses AI of Being Racist After Passport Photo Is Rejected
Joris Lechêne, who educates people on racial bias, created a video on the social media platform in which he explained a passport photo upload failed because the software did not recognize him properly.
The London-based model and artist, who is Black, said in the video: "Don't you love it when you train people to spot racist biases for a living and then it happens to you?
He continued: "Lo and behold, that photo was rejected because the artificial intelligence software wasn't designed with people of my phenotype in mind.
"It tends to get very confused by hairlines that don't fall along the face and somehow mistake it for the background and it has a habit of thinking that people like me keep our mouths open."
Lechêne shared a screenshot of the rejection, which stated that the photo "doesn't meet all the rules and is unlikely to be suitable for a new passport."
The software suggested that his mouth "may be open" and the "image and background are difficult to tell apart."
The social media star said he knew about these types of issues surrounding artificial intelligence as he has highlighted similar examples in his prejudice training courses.
Lechêne believes his experience proves that the current software is inadequate, stating: "This is just a reminder that, if you believe that automation and artificial intelligence can help us build a society without biases, you are terribly mistaken."
He then went on to surmise that in order to achieve a more fair and equal system there needed to be "political actions at every level of society" and claimed that this was because "robots are just as racist as society is."
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Joris Lechêne, who educates people on racial bias, created a video on the social media platform in which he explained a passport photo upload failed because the software did not recognize him properly.
The London-based model and artist, who is Black, said in the video: "Don't you love it when you train people to spot racist biases for a living and then it happens to you?
He continued: "Lo and behold, that photo was rejected because the artificial intelligence software wasn't designed with people of my phenotype in mind.
"It tends to get very confused by hairlines that don't fall along the face and somehow mistake it for the background and it has a habit of thinking that people like me keep our mouths open."
Lechêne shared a screenshot of the rejection, which stated that the photo "doesn't meet all the rules and is unlikely to be suitable for a new passport."
The software suggested that his mouth "may be open" and the "image and background are difficult to tell apart."
The social media star said he knew about these types of issues surrounding artificial intelligence as he has highlighted similar examples in his prejudice training courses.
Lechêne believes his experience proves that the current software is inadequate, stating: "This is just a reminder that, if you believe that automation and artificial intelligence can help us build a society without biases, you are terribly mistaken."
He then went on to surmise that in order to achieve a more fair and equal system there needed to be "political actions at every level of society" and claimed that this was because "robots are just as racist as society is."
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Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:04 am to djmed
quote:
"Don't you love it when you train people to spot racist biases for a living"
Wait...that's a job? Training people to accept that they are racists?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:05 am to djmed
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people like me keep our mouths open."
Sometimes the fruit almost touches the ground.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:14 am to djmed
Should have smiled then the software could see him.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:15 am to djmed
A software shortcoming is NOT racial bias.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:19 am to GeauxTigerTM
Yes. There is an entire cottage industry built upon it.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:21 am to djmed
Warning: Thumbprints not accepted.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:21 am to djmed
Black people are so annoying lately
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:22 am to djmed
Government, AI, and people in authority are soooo racist!!!
Also, let’s have way more government and AI and people in authority positions.
Also, let’s have way more government and AI and people in authority positions.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:22 am to djmed
quote:
"robots are just as racist as society is."
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:23 am to djmed
These people are not casting blacks in a good light. Same with UCLA soap dispenser person
Same with Lebron Smollet
Same with NASCAR noose
Same with Lebron Smollet
Same with NASCAR noose
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:24 am to djmed
Looks to me that HIS software is working.......
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:29 am to djmed
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A BBC investigation in December 2020 found that in a study of 1,000 people, 22 percent of dark-skinned women were told their online passport photos were of poor quality, in contrast to just 14 percent of light-skinned women.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:30 am to djmed
quote:we all knew this
He then went on to surmise that in order to achieve a more fair and equal system there needed to be "political actions at every level of society" and claimed that this was because "robots are just as racist as society is."
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:32 am to djmed
if he wants to be black so bad then why does he lighten his pictures to look white
This post was edited on 4/28/21 at 8:33 am
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:33 am to djmed
Mars looks more and more attractive
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:50 am to djmed
His exact same issue happened to my white teenage son when he took a passport pic at Walgreens. The US passport department rejected it for the same exact issues as this. The only thing that crossed my mind was that I had to dish out another $18 for a new pic.
Racism never did. Get a f'n life loser.
Racism never did. Get a f'n life loser.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:20 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:It’s a real big hit with the shel’s of the world
Wait...that's a job? Training people to accept that they are racists?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:22 am to djmed
quote:
"robots are just as racist as society is."
Garbage in, garbage out?
Maybe robots are already self aware?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:22 am to idlewatcher
quote:
Same with UCLA soap dispenser person
Same with Lebron Smollet
Same with NASCAR noose
And the black chick who drew a swastika on the bathroom wall using her own shite.
And the middle eastern girl in Lafayette who claimed "two white guys in MAGA hats" beat her up and stole her hijab while making racist comments.
And the black guy who spray-painted "the N word" and other racist graffiti on his college dorm.
And the black guy who burned down his own church after spray-painting racist graffiti on the exterior walls.
The list goes on and on...
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