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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. (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[+] -8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

You said yourself you hate inherent bias yet attempt to justify the result by saying if used again it’s just going to produce another white face.

that’s the problem

It’s a racial bias baked into these AIs based on their training models.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I doubt it is concious racial bias, it's most likely that the training data is made up of mostly white people and labeled poorly.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I also wouldn’t say it was conscious bias either. I don’t think it’s intentionally developed in that way.

    The fact still remains though whether conscious or unconscious, it’s potentially harmful to people of other races. Sure it’s an issue with just graphic generation now. What about when it’s used to identify criminals? When it’s used to filter between potential job candidates?

    The possibilities are virtually endless, but if we don’t start pointing out and addressing any type of bias, it’s only going to get worse.

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