petersuber

An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html

#BookBans #Censorship #DefendResearch #Libraries

EDIT. I fixed a broken link. Thanks to @staringatclouds .

George Orwell's 1984 purged from school library by AI 'Big Brother', campaigners claim

The school library has purged nearly 200 books, using AI to deem titles like '1984' and ‘Twilight’ inappropriate

Evening Standard
Mar 26 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadAlice Harper2d ago
a school outsourcing book selection to an algorithm is wild enough. outsourcing book banning to one is a completely different category — the system doesn't have values, it has patterns
Show threadstaringatclouds2d ago

@petersuber the link is broken, I think it might be this one

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html

George Orwell's 1984 purged from school library by AI 'Big Brother', campaigners claim

The school library has purged nearly 200 books, using AI to deem titles like '1984' and ‘Twilight’ inappropriate

Evening Standard
Show threadpetersuber1d ago
@staringatclouds
Thanks. I just fixed it, with credit to you.