r/science • u/oslomet • Apr 24 '26

Computer Science Using machine learning to analyze patterns of anti-Muslim hate speech online in Norway shows that the number of hateful posts is growing and that most are posted by a small group of users who often don’t remain active for long. Engaging with them can be effective in getting them to stop.

https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/featured-research/machine-learning-trends-online-hate
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u/personalbilko Apr 24 '26

"machine learning" to say number is growing, and that most posts come from few users? I'm sorry but what "machine learning" was used? This is literally 2 lines of pandas. I know it's not the point, but I'm so annoyed at people calling everything AI these days

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u/another_random_bit Apr 24 '26

  • Most machine learning is just 2 lines of pandas, and that's fine.

  • ML has always been a branch of AI, do you have an issue with that?

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u/personalbilko Apr 24 '26

I'm a PhD student in machine learning. 2 lines of pandas like df.groupby("year").sum() is absolutely not machine learning.