Is Google Translate Sexist? Gender Stereotypes in Statistical Machine Translation

#genderbias​ #algorithmicfairness​ #debiasing​

A brief look into gender stereotypes in Google Translate. The origin is a Tweet containing a Hungarian text. Hungarian is a gender-neutral language, so translating gender pronouns is ambiguous. Turns out that Google Translate assigns very stereotypical pronouns. In this video, we'll have a look at the origins and possible solutions to this problem.

OUTLINE:
0:00​ - Intro
1:10​ - Digging Deeper
2:30​ - How does Machine Translation work?
3:50​ - Training Data Problems
4:40​ - Learning Algorithm Problems
5:45​ - Argmax Output Problems
6:45​ - Pragmatics
7:50​ - More on Google Translate
9:40​ - Social Engineering
11:15​ - Conclusion

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