Google Cousin Develops Technology to F**g Toxic Online Comments.
Jun 26, 2017 00:32:31 #
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
February 23, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — From self-driving cars to multi-language t***slation, machine learning is underpinning many of the technology industry’s biggest advances with its form of artificial intelligence.
Now, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, says it plans to apply machine learning technology to promote more civil discourse on the internet and make comment sections on sites a little less awful.
Jigsaw, a technology incubator within Alphabet, says it has developed a new tool for web publishers to identify toxic comments that can undermine a civil exchange of ideas. Starting Thursday, publishers can start applying for access to use Jigsaw’s software, called Perspective, without charge.
“We have more information and more articles than any other time in history, and yet the toxicity of the conversations that follow those articles are driving people away from the conversation,” said Jared Cohen, president of Jigsaw, formerly known as Google Ideas.
Unless carefully managed, discussion in comments sections often devolves into a h**eful exchange. This has prompted some publishers to turn off the comments section because moderating them can be time-consuming.
With machine learning, a computer system is programmed to learn from repetition. It takes in training data — essentially, example after example — until it is familiar enough to anticipate with a high degree of confidence the proper response.
In this instance, Jigsaw had a team review hundreds of thousands of comments to identify the types of comments that might deter people from a conversation. Based on that data, Perspective provided a score from zero to 100 on how similar the new comments are to the ones identified as toxic.
Jigsaw said it settled on the word toxic after finding that most reviewers shared views about what types of comments drive people away from a conversation. Opinions about what comments constituted, for example, a personal attack ranged widely.
The same methodology is being provided to publishers, who could use the scores to have human moderators review comments only for responses that registered above a certain number, or allow a reader to filter out comments above a certain level of toxicity.
Jigsaw worked with The New York Times and Wikipedia to develop Perspective. The Times’s comments section is managed by 14 moderators, who manually review nearly every comment.
Because this requires considerable labor and time, The Times allows commenting on only about 10 percent of its articles. The Times said in a statement last year that it made its comments archive available to Jigsaw to help develop the machine-learning algorithm running Perspective. Linda Zebian, a spokeswoman for the Times, declined to comment on Wednesday.
Mr. Cohen said the technology was in its early stages and might f**g some false positives, but he expected that it would become more accurate over time with access to a greater set of comments.
Jigsaw, whose stated mission is to use technology to tackle “geopolitical challenges” such as cybersecurity attacks and online censorship, said it also saw opportunities for its machine-learning software to identify comments that are off-topic or unsubstantial.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/technology/google-jigsaw-monitor-toxic-online-comments.amp.html
February 23, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — From self-driving cars to multi-language t***slation, machine learning is underpinning many of the technology industry’s biggest advances with its form of artificial intelligence.
Now, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, says it plans to apply machine learning technology to promote more civil discourse on the internet and make comment sections on sites a little less awful.
Jigsaw, a technology incubator within Alphabet, says it has developed a new tool for web publishers to identify toxic comments that can undermine a civil exchange of ideas. Starting Thursday, publishers can start applying for access to use Jigsaw’s software, called Perspective, without charge.
“We have more information and more articles than any other time in history, and yet the toxicity of the conversations that follow those articles are driving people away from the conversation,” said Jared Cohen, president of Jigsaw, formerly known as Google Ideas.
Unless carefully managed, discussion in comments sections often devolves into a h**eful exchange. This has prompted some publishers to turn off the comments section because moderating them can be time-consuming.
With machine learning, a computer system is programmed to learn from repetition. It takes in training data — essentially, example after example — until it is familiar enough to anticipate with a high degree of confidence the proper response.
In this instance, Jigsaw had a team review hundreds of thousands of comments to identify the types of comments that might deter people from a conversation. Based on that data, Perspective provided a score from zero to 100 on how similar the new comments are to the ones identified as toxic.
Jigsaw said it settled on the word toxic after finding that most reviewers shared views about what types of comments drive people away from a conversation. Opinions about what comments constituted, for example, a personal attack ranged widely.
The same methodology is being provided to publishers, who could use the scores to have human moderators review comments only for responses that registered above a certain number, or allow a reader to filter out comments above a certain level of toxicity.
Jigsaw worked with The New York Times and Wikipedia to develop Perspective. The Times’s comments section is managed by 14 moderators, who manually review nearly every comment.
Because this requires considerable labor and time, The Times allows commenting on only about 10 percent of its articles. The Times said in a statement last year that it made its comments archive available to Jigsaw to help develop the machine-learning algorithm running Perspective. Linda Zebian, a spokeswoman for the Times, declined to comment on Wednesday.
Mr. Cohen said the technology was in its early stages and might f**g some false positives, but he expected that it would become more accurate over time with access to a greater set of comments.
Jigsaw, whose stated mission is to use technology to tackle “geopolitical challenges” such as cybersecurity attacks and online censorship, said it also saw opportunities for its machine-learning software to identify comments that are off-topic or unsubstantial.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/technology/google-jigsaw-monitor-toxic-online-comments.amp.html
Jun 26, 2017 01:05:12 #
In today's harsh political climate there is no shortage of abuse and trolls-which is great that Google released a new tool to combat h**eful speech on the internet! The alt-right and their delirious lies have become common place! It is time for the facts to become known, by those who are wondering why a person as despicable as Trump, is the president of the U.S!
Below you will find the most toxic comments from all those who are attempting to destroy America!
http://mashable.com/2017/02/28/google-perspective-tool-abusive-right-wing-comments/#YtZQGeMtySql
Below you will find the most toxic comments from all those who are attempting to destroy America!
http://mashable.com/2017/02/28/google-perspective-tool-abusive-right-wing-comments/#YtZQGeMtySql
Worried for our children wrote:
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI br February 23, 2017 br br... (show quote)
Jun 26, 2017 01:12:25 #
Worried for our children wrote:
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI br February 23, 2017 br br... (show quote)
So much for free speech. How much you wanna bet this will be used to filter comments they don't agree with, whether they are 'toxic' or not?
Jun 26, 2017 02:20:53 #
Raylan Wolfe wrote:
In today's harsh political climate there is no sho... (show quote)
You will be banned from the internet.
Jun 26, 2017 02:26:30 #
Jun 26, 2017 06:28:01 #
Raylan Wolfe wrote:
In today's harsh political climate there is no sho... (show quote)
As usual you got everything all backwards. All the statements you posted are more true than not. What you liberals have a problem with is if were not politically correct. But of course to you it's okay when you're not as long as your insulting and demeaning Republicans. Regarding that first one, I think what Steve Bannon meant was that the Republican party needed to be b***h's slapped for going along with and/or paying attention to and putting up with the liberals. And I agree. There is way too much consideration given to you degenerates and you're allowed to get away with it too much like this nitwit array of collusion between Trump in Russia which everyone including the liberals know is bull s**t but it's a good diversion to keep from being effective in cleaning the establishment cesspool, which, if he is successful, will result in a lot of liberals going to prison.
Jun 26, 2017 06:55:22 #
Raylan Wolfe wrote:
In today's harsh political climate there is no sho... (show quote)
Well this will put you all the way out of business...HA! Skunky Monkey!
Jun 26, 2017 06:55:42 #
archie bunker wrote:
You will be banned from the internet.
Jun 26, 2017 08:16:33 #
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Raylan Wolfe wrote:
In today's harsh political climate there is no sho... (show quote)
U won't be able to talk at all woolfie!?
Jun 26, 2017 23:34:32 #
Mr Bombastic wrote:
So much for free speech. How much you wanna bet this will be used to filter comments they don't agree with, whether they are 'toxic' or not?
That's exactly what I said to my wife. Her response was; well, it's their site, they can run it however they want.
I think it will be an interesting experiment to see which social media platforms apply this, or even misapply it as you suggest, and how much the number of users fluctuates because of people's objections to being censored.
Jun 26, 2017 23:38:52 #
I predict they will lose a lot of people.
Worried for our children wrote:
That's exactly what I said to my wife. Her response was; well, it's their site, they can run it however they want.
I think it will be an interesting experiment to see which social media platforms apply this, or even misapply it as you suggest, and how much the number of users fluctuates because of people's objections to being censored.
I think it will be an interesting experiment to see which social media platforms apply this, or even misapply it as you suggest, and how much the number of users fluctuates because of people's objections to being censored.
Jun 26, 2017 23:43:12 #
archie bunker wrote:
You will be banned from the internet.
As much as we all would like that, Arch, in Rayon's case that would be discrimination. I don't find him "toxic" as much as he is r****ded. He really just doesn't know any better. Now, turdnest, jack 2014, DJ Rich, and to some extent cool breeze, have something to worry about.
Jun 26, 2017 23:46:52 #
Mr Bombastic wrote:
I predict they will lose a lot of people.
I agree, and think most will turn into an echo chamber. Kinda reminds me of that twilight zone episode. The obsolete man.
Jun 26, 2017 23:50:13 #
Worried for our children wrote:
I agree, and think most will turn into an echo chamber. Kinda reminds me of that twilight zone episode. The obsolete man.
I'm a fan of that show, but I guess I missed that one.
Jun 27, 2017 00:04:15 #
Mr Bombastic wrote:
I'm a fan of that show, but I guess I missed that one.
It's one of my favorites. Check it out when you have 20 minutes or so. I won't insult you by posting it, I know you have mad sk**ls with finding stuff on the internet. 👍 Thanks again for finding that children's introduction to the constitution. 👍
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