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hesperidia comments on Open thread, September 9-15, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: hesperidia 12 September 2013 08:00:35AM *  2 points [-]

http://www.webdirections.org/resources/james-bridle-waving-at-the-machines/

Nikon cameras in certain generations are basically racist. They don’t see certain Asian faces. They’ve got a certain software inside them that breaks what they’re supposed to be doing in this case. And in fact this reveals the limitations, but essentially, the different way of seeing. Of course the camera isn’t racist, but it’s been programmed in a certain way that is meant to emulate the way we see, just as this is meant to emulate the way we see. The camera does not have the same interests that we do. Technology has subtly different interests to the ones that we do. And this is becoming increasingly important.

Most of the rest of the article is not worth reading, unless you like reading about a movement in philosophy and art that may be eclipsing postmodernism.

Comment author: satt 21 September 2013 02:40:45PM 1 point [-]

Nikon cameras in certain generations are basically racist. [...] Of course the camera isn’t racist, but

The reversal is interesting. I wonder whether there's an idea at work there that racism needs a mens rea.