Counterspeech
Sep 2, 2022
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Meta’s AI chatbot hates Mark Zuckerberg — but why is it less bothered about racism?
> Neural parroting can be amusing. But BlenderBot3 has a darker side. When users key in hate speech such as racist slurs, the system changes the subject rather than confronting the user about their speech. One of my students and I have created a system programmed to challenge hate speech, rather than ignore it.
> We’ve developed a system called AutoCounterspeech that is trained to respond to toxic linguistic inputs.
> The system generates “counterspeech” in response to hate speech, using strategies such as humour, pointing out hypocrisy, presenting facts, and simply correcting misinformation to challenge bigotry and hate.
