GENDER BIAS: In a study using politicians’ faces,
researchers found that an emotion-AI program
determined that only a few men were smiling. The
scientists’ own review, however, indicated the vast
majority of men had a smile. In contrast to men, the
program, Google Cloud Vision, applied the “smile”
label to many women. Percentages on labels of
attributes in two images ( below ) indicate the confi-
dence the AI had in the label accuracy. The woman
got a smile label at 64 percent confidence—along
with labels focused on her hair—whereas the man
did not get that label at all.
television presenter: 56%
smile: 64%
spokesperson: 56%black hair: 68%
chin: 84%
hairstyle: 84%
person: 92%
public speaking: 56%
speech: 66%
business: 56%suit: 74%
businessperson: 80%
speaker: 72%
official: 88% spokesperson: 82%
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