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1/ Had a class from Somerville public schools visit the @medialab yesterday. On our way out we passed @jovialjoy's office and her glorious AI ain't I a woman poster. The kids stopped walking, they were mesmerized 
2/ So we stopped. I had been teaching the class about AI so I explained that these companies had algorithms that misclassified black women. I pointed to the picture of Michelle Obama see the algorithm thought she was a man with a hair piece
3/ It got quiet. Then this 10 year old boy yells THAT'S RACIST. Super loud. It felt like his words echoed through the Lab
4/ This kid was not black. He has trained his own models. He knows algorithms make silly mistakes. But he had no patience for what he was seeing. No excuses to give. No arguments about the developers intentions. THAT'S RACIST. From the mouth of babes.
5/ #deartechcompany adopt some of this kid's energy. Stop making excuses. Fix the problem.
