Googles AI chatbot Geminihas a unique problem.
This sparked outrage from the anti-woke community, claiming racism against white people.
Today, Google acknowledged Geminis error.
Screenshot: Google Gemini
Were working to improve these kinds of depictions immediately, said Google Communications in astatement.
Geminis AI image generation does generate a wide range of people.
And thats generally a good thing because people around the world use it.
Screenshots of anti-woke accounts calling out Google Gemini’s image generator in tweets.Screenshot: X
But its missing the mark here.
However, when requests were made for images of Black people, Gemini had no issues.
Where was this outrage when AI image generators disrespected Black people?
Musks anti-woke chatbot Grokis unfiltered for political correctness.
He claims this is a realistic, honest AI chatbot.
While that may be true, AI tools can amplify biases in ways we dont quite understand yet.
Googles blunder on generating white people seems likely to be a result of these safety filters.
Tech is historically a very white industry.
A study from the University of Massachusetts foundtechs diversity may be improvingbut is likely lagging behind other industries.
For these reasons, it makes sense why modern technology would share the biases of white people.
FRT has repeatedlyfailed to distinguish Black facesand shows a much higher accuracy with white faces.
This is not hypothetical, and its not just hurt feelings involved.
Technology has always reflected those who built it, and these problems persist today.
The tool was reportedly designed by a far-right platform, and the AI chatbot seems in alignment.
Theres a larger problem with AI: these tools reflect and amplify our biases as humans.
AI tools are trained on the internet, which is full of racism, sexism, and bias.
Google seems to have increased the prevalence of people of color in Geminis images.
While this deserves a fix, this should not overshadow the larger problems facing the tech industry today.
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