Designers built an AI penis detector to protest Googles prudish doodles The Verge

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To rectify Google’s mistake, the Mozilla foundation commissioned Dutch design studio Moniker

build an AI penis doodle detector. It’s a bit of silly fun, but Moniker and Mozilla say they’re also making a serious point: in an age w US tech giants control so much of what we see online, should we be worried about the moral standards they get

set?

Moniker’s Roel Wouters tells The Verge that the inability of Google’s AI

recognize a penis doodle is certainly trivial in the grand scheme of things, but it’s still a potent symbol of tech giants’ power. He gives the example of Facebook and Instagram’s ban on the nipple as a more serious example of American prudishness being imposed on the world.

Wouters says he personally loves Google’s project, and even used the company’s AI software TensorFlow

build his alternative. But he points out that as companies use more artificial intelligence

moderate online platforms, the potential for mistaken censorship — even self-censorship — increases. Knowing that an AI might spot our profane thoughts or feelings, we might never express them in the first place.

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