Misclassification of Plymouth Hoe in Facebook's Automated Moderation System: A Case for Responsible AI
January 15, 2021
Facebook's automated moderation system mistakenly flagged posts containing the seafaring landmark Plymouth Hoe as potentially offensive. This AI incident underscores the need for trustworthy and safe AI, and highlights the importance of guardrails for AI in preventing harm. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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- facebook-users-posting-about-plymouth-hoe, facebook-users-in-plymouth-hoe, plymouth-hoe-residents
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/363
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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