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.

  • CharlestonChewbacca
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    1211 months ago

    That’s not how it works. You don’t just “program out the biases” you have to retain the model with more inclusive training data.

    • @sci@feddit.nl
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      311 months ago

      even then, it will always move towards the “average” of all combined training data, unless prompted otherwise.