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Researching the Dewey Decimal system for a metadata presentation. The topic "Homosexuality" was classified - in 1932 under 132 (mental derangements) and 159.9 (abnormal psych.) - in 1952 also 301.424 (study of sexes in society). - in 1989 also 363.49 (social problems).Permalink On twitter.com
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2019 Sep 9
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This matters because classification systems are used in machine learning. Machines do not make value judgements but humans do. There is a very real risk that AI can slow the progress of changing values by learning from data where prejudice persists.Permalink On twitter.com
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2019 Sep 9
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Once again, the people at risk in what is often called improvement are the people who are always at risk, always set a aside and rarely included in designing the future. They are the bypassed stakeholders of said improvement.On twitter.com
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