Why AI is Struggling to Detect Hate Speech TechFinancials

All major social media networks use AI algorithms to moderate online content. But while AI shows promise in detecting some type of content, it is hard pressed when it comes to spotting hate speech. A recent study by scientists at University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, has found that the leading AI systems for detecting hate speech are deeply biased against African Americans. This includes Google Perspective, an AI tool for moderating online conversations. The study and the unending struggles of tech companies to automate hate speech detection highlight the limits of current AI technologies in understanding the context of human language. Advances in deep learning have helped automate complicated tasks such as image classification and object detection.