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YouTube AI Blocked Chess Channel after Confusing 'Black' and 'White' for Racist Slurs
IncitementToResurrectionHat RetweetedContent. Moderation. At. Scale. Is. Hard.
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“80% of chess videos that were flagged for hate speech. ...had terms like 'black,' 'white,' 'attack' and 'threat.'”
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Because they would get flagged for it. Apparently with all the disinformation the ai was flagging any use of the word.
And of course you can't say breast either, so I guess cooking channels had difficulty. 
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