- cross-posted to:
- artdesign@jlai.lu
- technews@radiation.party
- cross-posted to:
- artdesign@jlai.lu
- technews@radiation.party
Rest of World analyzed 3,000 AI images to see how image generators visualize different countries and cultures.
Rest of World analyzed 3,000 AI images to see how image generators visualize different countries and cultures.
I am glad that somebody is writing about this, because this is phenomenon is - to an extent - US tech hegemony made manifest.
The US has an outsized influence over the internet, due to its tech giant’s dominance over all platforms. There is an inherent bias towards the US’ general public in regards to what these platforms do and who their owners consider to be their target audience. New platforms are in English, launch in the US first and adhere to US laws (which they consider to be applicable worldwide). So US users flock to it and its their worldview which inevitably dominates the discourse, whether that is in writing or in stored pictures.
The AIs only reproduce these biases, because they work with the data that these US-centric platforms attract.