overcorrection

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ correction.

Noun

overcorrection (countable and uncountable, plural overcorrections)

1. The correction of something to an excessive degree, usually resulting in an error in the opposite direction.

   Antonym: undercorrection

   • 2024 February 21, Adi Robertson, “Google apologizes for “missing the mark” after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis”, in The Verge‎:

     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.

See also

• hypercorrection