elleybirdy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoDiscord is allegedly assigning gender to users with machine learning AIwww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is allegedly assigning gender to users with machine learning AIwww.dexerto.comelleybirdy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWanangwa_Bamidele@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoSo, what is concern if ML model predict my gender ? Whether it is correct or not, what is the concern ?
minus-squareelleybirdy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoIt’s creepy and weird? If Discord is willing to do this then they’re likely to be/will be doing more things along these lines.
minus-squareWanangwa_Bamidele@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYeah creepy. But I wonder what they can do with that information. For example, if I am a girl but they assign me as a boy, what can happen to me ?
So, what is concern if ML model predict my gender ? Whether it is correct or not, what is the concern ?
It’s creepy and weird? If Discord is willing to do this then they’re likely to be/will be doing more things along these lines.
Yeah creepy. But I wonder what they can do with that information. For example, if I am a girl but they assign me as a boy, what can happen to me ?