ABECK Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 In responding to another thread, apparently a rather benign word I used was deemed a violation of forum/platform rules. According to Webster's dictionary: Is this some kind of programming error, or do the geniuses in Silicon Valley assume I'm referencing Native Americans in some way? (Which....I still fail to see why that word would be a violation of anything.) Is this Google Gemini trying to protect us? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Tatum Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I wonder, what was the source of that violation notice? Not musicplayer.com, surely? You're in Massachusetts, right? I wonder if it's some kind of state thing? Quite curious about this. It's quite troubling - Big Brother tapping you on the shoulder - "Uh, you can't use that word". As you pointed out, the fact that they didn't interpret the context correctly shows that it was an unthinking algorithm. AI at it's best 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Ha! I’ve never been censored and I’ve dropped several good hearted F-bombs in jest. 2 3 Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Well son of a bitch. 😄. Ain’t that the shits. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Tatum Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 And I say this without res********s. EDIT (a few minutes later): Well damn! I had to try it myself, so I just posted the above sentence, with the word spelled out, and I got the notice too! Very annoying! Dave Bryce, does Musicplayer.com have some kind of list of forbidden words? Or is this coming from somewhere else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 This place is walk-ins only. 5 Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 That's insane. I seriously hope the algorithm isn't being populated with misgivings, er, words that are off limits. Big Brother needs to either go get laid or f8ck itself. 😎 2 2 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 minute ago, ProfD said: That's insane. I seriously hope the algorithm isn't being populated with misgivings, er, words that are off limits. Big Brother needs to either go get laid or f8ck itself. 😎 No need to self censor brother. You can say fuck. Just don’t post the reserv@tions word. LOL 😃😃😃😃😂 1 1 Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Add a little French accent and it's OK. réservations réservations réservations 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Tatum Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I wonder what other politically incorrect words also trigger this notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 26 minutes ago, Floyd Tatum said: I wonder what other politically incorrect words also trigger this notice. I was thinking the same. Thus, I'll be inserting random words in all my posts henceforth. Stool Endoscopy Thermonuclear Those are all good. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Life is best when treated as a game so now you have a word challenge to have fun and tap dance around. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Stuff like this is going to be common going forward. More likely unintended consequences than deliberate censorship, but the mechanism is opaque and people will assume the worst. Hearings will be held, apologies offered, correction will be followed by over-correction. The future is grim. Quote Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 When AI soon takes control of the interwebz, all vowels will be prohibited everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I guess when a word has a secondary definition that is equated with a death camp there is no room for nuance or even a common sense sorting of meaning to an AI censor bot. Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Um, so plenty of indigenous people call the land allotted to them by the government (regardless of the injustice of that situation to begin with) by that name...well, some of my friends refer to it as "the rez", but that's about it. Maybe this varies by the state. 1 Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76, PC4 (88) | Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDoe Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Skip the forums! Let´s get back to send letters by mail to each others, and curse away loudly! Quote "This is my rig, and if you don´t like it....well, I have others!" "Think positive...there's always something to complain about!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Interesting that concentration isn't censored. 1 Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindaru Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I am going to test some that I have gotten censored on other platforms, Facebook included. *Ahem*. Boarding pass (had to change that one to ticket). Author Phillip K. Dick ("Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep"). Pacific Rim (location). The weather in Hell, Michigan (usually pretty cold and not too hot). Wish me luck! Edited to say "Yay"! My words passed here. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 3 hours ago, Floyd Tatum said: Dave Bryce, does Musicplayer.com have some kind of list of forbidden words? It does indeed. The word “reservations” got added when we were being bombed a few years back by online travel brokers advertising discount rates. I’m thinking we’re safe from that now, so I removed it from the filter. 😎 dB 7 1 6 Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Tatum Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Thanks, Dave. Turns out to not be political correctness after all. 👍 I'm glad! I should never have doubted good old Keyboard Corner! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Welcome to America. All you have to say is that something offends someone and the internet police are up your @ss. Everyone gets dumbed down to the lowest common level. It's what makes America great .... 🙄 Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tweed Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Once upon a time when I worked as a computer consultant I tried to email a report which contained the phrase “Cumulative Total”! I’m sure you will immediately see why it disallowed that. 1 Quote Legend Soul 261, Leslie 251, Yamaha UX1, CP4, CK61, Hammond SK1, Ventilator, Privia PX3, Behringer 2600, Korg Triton LE, VB3M, B3X, various guitars and woodwinds, drum kits … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHarrell Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Delaware Dave said: Welcome to America. All you have to say is that something offends someone and the internet police are up your @ss. Everyone gets dumbed down to the lowest common level. It's what makes America great .... 🙄 What's the context you're posting this in? You made this comment hours after a mod gave the reason why this word was censored. Also, this forum isn't America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 23 minutes ago, CHarrell said: Also, this forum isn't America. Y’all would probably be surprised to know how how hands off MPN’s admin is. As I’m fond of saying, the inmates truly do run the asylum here. 🙃 dB 4 1 Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonizer Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Ok, this is the funniest thread I have read in a long time. I hope my sharing this removes any reservations the rest of you might have about me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, CHarrell said: What's the context you're posting this in? You made this comment hours after a mod gave the reason why this word was censored. Also, this forum isn't America. The context is that people believe what they want to believe. I personally believe this forum is a trojan horse for the Australians to take over the USA. It starts innocently enough, with crowd-funded tours by Lachy Doley. Next thing you know we're all eating vegemite and pretending to like it. Nothing you say can make me believe this isn't happening. 6 1 Quote Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 minute ago, Adan said: I personally believe this forum is a trojan horse for the Australians to take over the USA. It starts innocently enough, with crowd-funded tours by Lachy Doley. Next thing you know we're all eating vegemite and pretending to like it. Nothing you say can make me believe this isn't happening. Trying to understand the problem here? Lachey for President 1 Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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