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.
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Rona Wang, a 24-year-old MIT student, was experimenting with the AI image creator Playground AI to create a professional LinkedIn photo.

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.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    It’s less a reflection on the tech, and more a reflection on the culture that generated the content that trained the tech.

    Wang told The Globe that she was worried about the consequences in a more serious situation, like if a company used AI to select the most “professional” candidate for the job and it picked white-looking people.

    This is a real potential issue, not just “clickbait”.

    • HumbertTetere@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      If companies go pick the most professional applicant by their photo that is a reason for concern, but it has little to do with the image training data of AI.

    • JeffCraig@citizensgaming.comEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Again, that’s not really the case.

      I have Asian friends that have used these tools and generated headshots that were fine. Just because this one Asian used a model that wasn’t trained for her demographic doesn’t make it a reflection of anything other than the fact that she doesn’t understand how MML models work.

      The worst thing that happened when my friends used it were results with too many fingers or multiple sets of teeth 🤣