Operation Google
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About
Operation Google is the codename of a raid launched against Google's Artificial Intelligence program Jigsaw Conversation in retaliation against censorship and to have the A.I. filter out Google's own sites in searches.
Background
Jigsaw Conversation
Jigsaw, a small subsidiary of Google, introduced a Conversation A.I. to identify "negative comments" left by hateful trolls in comment threads and delete them. These include comments deemed "sexist, racist, transphobic, Islamophobic," etc. The A.I. would also block search results for posts that contained racial and transphobic.[1] According to The Verge[2] and Wired, while the Google claims the A.I. is 92% effective, it has some problems identifying nuances of human language.
On /pol/
On September 21st, 2016, a thread was posted on /pol/ discussing the new A.I program and how people would start to use the phrase "Google" instead of the nword as a workaround[3].
Notable Developments
Later, a poster was made explaining the reason behind the raid and on how to participate (shown below).
Soon, a list of replacements for slurs surfaced on /pol/ (shown below).
On September 22nd, a Reddit[4] thread on /r/technology linked to an Age of Shitlords[5] article that explained "Operation Google." As of September 23rd, 2016, the thread gained 677 upvotes.
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External References
[1] Wired – INSIDE GOOGLE’S INTERNET JUSTICE LEAGUE AND ITS AI-POWERED WAR ON TROLLS
[2] The Verge – Google's Jigsaw subsidiary is building open-source AI tools to spot trolls
[3] 4plebs – RIP alt-right trolls, SkyNet is coming for you
[4] Reddit – 4chan and /pol/ are launching Operation Google
[5] Age Of Shitlords – 4chan and /pol/ are launching Operation Google
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RandomMan Moderator
Sep 23, 2016 at 05:14AM EDT
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