This photo series questions automated gender categorization and the illusion of machine neutrality by showing the limitations of machine learning. Unlike humans, machines don’t think; they recognize patterns, but lack real comprehension. Meaning is shaped by humans whose biases influence the output of a system and their interpretation. Categories are created by humans to interpret the androgynous-appearing person depicted, or to answer the question posed in the title of the work.

i dropped the metal ball on the glass table and it broke. what is it? / Fernando Obieta, Cynthia Schemidt - Photo: Fernando Obieta, Cynthia Schemidt
Exhibit
i dropped the metal ball on the glass table and it broke. what is it?
Fernando Obieta (CH), Cynthia Schemidt (CH)
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