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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

An Asian MIT student asked AI to turn an image of her into a professional headshot. It made her white with lighter skin and blue eyes.::Rona Wang, a 24-year-old MIT student, was experimenting with the AI image creator Playground AI to create a professional LinkedIn photo.

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[-] mojo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Rage bait to push the ethics in AI narrative

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[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

It reminds me of Google back in the day (probably early 2010s). If you searched for White Women, it returned professional and respectable images. But if you searched for Black Women, it returned explicit images.

Machine learning algorithms are like sponges and learn from existing social biases.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] EmotionalMango22@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So? There are white people in the world. Ten bucks says she tuned it to make her look white for the clicks. I've seen this in person several times at my local college. People die for attention, and shit like this is an easy-in.

[-] CorruptBuddha@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

That's funny!

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like what some has already said here: it's a commentary of what Anglo-centric societies view as "professional" at the time the model is trained. Why Anglo-centric? By virtue that the US is the center of internet activity.

[-] Vlhacs@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't say "closer to Caucasian". She straight turned white

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[-] camillaSinensis@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Disappointing but not surprising. The world is full of racial bias, and people don't do a good job at all addressing this in their training data. If bias is what you're showing the model, that's exactly what it'll learn, too.

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