This is a striking example of algorithmic bias. We tend to believe that algorithmic results are "not perfect, but reasonable", but these are just totally off.
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RT @gwenckatz
Colorization APIs are becoming widespread; AI-colorized historical photos are circulated without caveat. But is AI colorization providing an accurate image of the past? To find out, I digitally desaturated these color photos by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken betwee…
https://twitter.com/gwenckatz/status/1381652071695351810