By now, we're all at least somewhat aware that AI is turning out to be incredibly based. And while we continue to mourn the loss of TAY, this article from 2016 just came to light.
The first international beauty contest judged by “machines” was supposed to use objective factors such as facial symmetry and wrinkles to identify the most attractive contestants. After Beauty.AI launched this year, roughly 6,000 people from more than 100 countries submitted photos in the hopes that artificial intelligence, supported by complex algorithms, would determine that their faces most closely resembled “human beauty”.
But when the results came in, the creators were dismayed to see that there was a glaring factor linking the winners: the robots did not like people with dark skin.
Out of 44 winners, nearly all were white, a handful were Asian, and only one had dark skin. That’s despite the fact that, although the majority of contestants were white, many people of color submitted photos, including large groups from India and Africa.
Naturally, this produced much kvetching over biases and the usual nonsense. So much so that the beauty contest's site was scrubbed of the winning pictures.
Thankfully, the internet never forgets.
The contest was centered around wrinkles, face symmetry and the like. It also prohibited make-up, facial hair and the like.
While there is one black woman present, the majority are indeed white with a smattering of asians.
The longer this goes on, the more real life is going to produce something Hollywood can't - a bitchin' Terminator sequel.
Archive Link:
https://archive.is/YUZTd - Guardian article.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161026173129/http://winners2.beauty.ai/ - Original winner list.
dassar 0 points 3.6 years ago
Exactly. Ask a computer to count notes . "oh vey, why is it not counting my coins ??" - Denominationist. Shut it down !!.