Zuckerberg predicts artificial intelligence tools that will catch ‘hate speech’ before it’s posted

[Ed. – What could be bad? /sarc]

As Twitchy reported, Congress on Tuesday questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on a number of issues, including the social media platform’s role in the 2016 election and Facebook’s use of users’ private information.

Another concern seemed to be hate speech on Facebook, and Zuckerberg offered this view of the near future:

Mark Zuckerberg says in 5-10 years they’ll have AI tools that are sophisticated enough to catch hate speech before it’s posted

The number of ways in which fake information will be able to spread via tech in 5-10 years is going to be SO different than it is today

Trending: Illegal befriends family, makes copy of their house key, sneaks in and rapes their 6-year-old — twice

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 10, 2018

What’s this, now? Facebook will be able to scan your posts for “hate speech” before they’re even posted to the service?

https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/983786516722962433

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