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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by realGURU(m): 3:53am On Jul 03, 2015
Let any black man avoid google for a day atleast
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by holluwai(m): 3:54am On Jul 03, 2015
must take a gorilla to know one..
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by seedorfg(m): 3:59am On Jul 03, 2015
BLACK got swag

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by joelenesleek(f): 4:02am On Jul 03, 2015
this people just made the price of Bleaching cream to increase. cry

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Nobody: 4:04am On Jul 03, 2015
Racism can never go away,not even in the next 3 million years to come & blacks are the most lashed #Bananas #Niggros #Chimps #Monkeys

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Emeskhalifa(m): 4:18am On Jul 03, 2015
They shudnt just apologize witg empty hands.
Give out some cash to the victim of ur racial abuse jhoor
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by mrlaw93(m): 4:21am On Jul 03, 2015
Lie lie .. so the app recognises bike, cars, phones and even person wey dey do graduation.. nh gorillas e no kon knw..mk we protest! no blavk man will use any google related app for 1week. grin

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Emekamex(m): 4:24am On Jul 03, 2015
I don't want to sound corny but this is funny as fu(c)k
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Nobody: 4:50am On Jul 03, 2015
Hehehe can't STOP laughing.. it's the girl's fault, see the way she do her nose like something is seriously smelling (wawuyar yarinya kawai)
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Nobody: 4:51am On Jul 03, 2015
Blame the girl lipsrsealed
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by nonjebose(m): 5:00am On Jul 03, 2015
joelenesleek:
this people just made the price of Bleaching cream to increase. cry
You think this will in anyways make responsible blacks go bleaching? Google has only showed that they are ways behind global reality

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by IlekeHD: 5:02am On Jul 03, 2015
And some people be flying the Jewish flag in Nigeria.

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by IlekeHD: 5:04am On Jul 03, 2015
The same Google tagged the White House the "Nigger House".

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by aboabai(m): 5:13am On Jul 03, 2015
Oseite:

Why should I care if someone calls me a gorilla, when I know I am not. As far as I am concerned only someone who is disabled, deaf, dumb, blind, et al should be upset if he or she is in anyway insulted, because they had their way they would be able. If someone insults me because of my skin tone, as far I as I am concerned he or she is just being silly, and I won't feel bad. The only reason to feel bad is IF I WISHED I WAS WHITE, which I don't. If the tin pain you too much insult the guy back, pure and simple

Racial abuse is not just what you think, if you personally have been abused with some racial comments I can assure you that you will never taken it the way you are taking it now. This is a very serious issue around the globe now. If someone call you gorilla. Don't you know what it means, not just you is being called gorilla, the entire black race is being racially abuse. It's a very serious and sensitive issue. For instance, a white man visited your area and people were excited seeing white man, maybe your mum who happened to be there offer him a hand shake but unfortunately this man refused openly to sake your mum, maybe a press who was around asked him why he refused handshake and the only reason he could give is how can I shake gorilla right in your presence what will you do or say? 'I don't care I guess'. Think about it.

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Nobody: 5:29am On Jul 03, 2015
The programmers definitely forgot to remove that after having racist fun, the guy reap some millions of them.
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by onelife97: 5:32am On Jul 03, 2015
They should put Zuckerberg,George Bush,François Holland,etc pix and tag it #pigs.

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by DonTim1: 5:39am On Jul 03, 2015
Just some faulty algorithm. No big deal,at least its been removed n google is working on fix for it

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by masterjo: 5:40am On Jul 03, 2015
Hey guys take it easy on Google, it wasn't intentionally done to insult blacks. If you guys understand how artificial intelligence and machine learning works, then u will see is part of the training before the system is perfect.

Let me explain Artificial Intelligence
It's simply machine being able to understand what it sees and hears and respond in natural language.
Machine learning is done by feeding big data, several input into a machine and telling it about the name. For instance If you want to teach a machine about cat, you show the machine pictures of all possible cats u have come across on the internet. When next it sees a cat, it compares it to the pictures it has, and then say it's a cat becos the object is similar to a cat.
This process of feeding several input into the machine and telling it what it is is called machine learning or training.

From the little explanation I give above, it's obvious this error wasn't on purpose. It's part of those errors before the machine becomes perfect and close to reasoning like humans. In fact this is how Google self driving car works. Over the past ten years, Google have being developing artificial intelligence of this machine by training the machine. In the last three or 4 years, these cars are driving across the city of the major world but still in the process of training and correcting mistakes.

Why the machine called them gorillas
The machine looked at a the pix and compared it with the dataset it has and the closest thing it thinks resemble that particular picture is a gorilla. This is quite exceptional cases, like I said, artificial intelligence makes a lot of mistakes before it becomes close to perfect. Just like Google cars are still having one or two accidents in a year.

Time to blame Google
I think Google machine shouldn't make this kind of errors, reason is that Google like no other company in this world has the largest dataset ever. In fact it's understatement if I tell u that Google knows more about u than u know about yourself.

Last shot
This wasn't done on purpose, it's not programming error, it's part of the process of machine learning.


Hope this info helps.

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Coraje(m): 5:46am On Jul 03, 2015
I don't see any sense in this at all. Someone calls u gorilla. So what? Does it mean you are one. What you can do is to delete the app and find another one that will address you the proper way.
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Stop feeling inferior, what other people think of you is none of your business. Know your worth, prove it to them and they will respect you for it.

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by doskie(m): 5:46am On Jul 03, 2015
SELENAqueensy:
Doesn't bother me
Am black, and am proud
Hmmm.
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by SPG4U(m): 5:52am On Jul 03, 2015
but this bad
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Bonapart(m): 5:55am On Jul 03, 2015
They explain that to God not us
Rubbish
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by jcross19: 6:03am On Jul 03, 2015
Why black? Is there anything they know that's causing this rift which we don't know? Well God show them mercy because they are abusing in as much I AM GOD IMAGE.
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Nayok(m): 6:05am On Jul 03, 2015
Such mistake has never happened to them(whitess) racist buruku!
adegwurulez:
Seems like there is a special incentive or social welfare package for whites who racially abuse blacks... I really dont understand it.
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Princehojay(m): 6:07am On Jul 03, 2015
Hmmm eleyi o gidi gan........... Anyway still Typing...
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Truckpusher(m): 6:08am On Jul 03, 2015
See gobe grin
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by pBuhari(f): 6:10am On Jul 03, 2015
google is mad

Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Bimffo(m): 6:12am On Jul 03, 2015
Racism never went anywhere.. Those white still feel superior! THEY ARE MODAPHUKING RACIST..

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by Stylz69(m): 6:13am On Jul 03, 2015
Probably if she kept a normal face; it wouldn't have done that. That duck lip pout didn't do her any favors... I'm just saying tongue Should have tagged her as duck
Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by kenx1(m): 6:23am On Jul 03, 2015
I'm currently reading this book What's Wrong With Being Black?: Matthew Ashimolowos...........i really wana know what's wrong with being black

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Re: Google Engineer Apologizes After Photos App Tags Two Black People As Gorillas by hensben(m): 6:23am On Jul 03, 2015
What about Nigeria wey tribalism dey hinder her progress....If other black race dey talk I nor want make nigerians dey talk.# Hypocrites.

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