overcorrection
nounEtymology From over- + correction.
1
The correction of something to an excessive degree, usually resulting in an error in the opposite direction.
- The statement follows criticism that it depicted specific white figures (like the US Founding Fathers) or groups like Nazi-era German soldiers as people of color, possibly as an overcorrection to long-standing racial bias problems in AI.2024 February 21, Adi Robertson, “Google apologizes for “missing the mark” after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis”, in The Verge:
- Related terms
- hypercorrection