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A recent Asian American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
graduate made headlines this month after sharing evidence of racial bias
in artificial intelligence (AI).
What she asked for: Rona Wang, 24, has been experimenting with AI portrait generators. In a recent attempt, she purportedly used a program called Playground AI to turn an image of her in an MIT sweatshirt into “a professional LinkedIn profile photo.”
What she got: The program, to Wang’s surprise, returned an image that gave her a fairer complexion, dark blonde hair and blue eyes.
“I was like, ‘Wow, does this thing think I should become white to become more professional?’” she told Boston.com.
Reactions: On July 14, Wang shared the result in an X post, which has now received over 5.9 million views.
Social media users replied to the post with their own takes and theories. Druv Bhagavan, a M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, warned about delegating important tasks to AI tools as “unbiased training data is rarely ever used.” Meanwhile, user @CityBureaucrat wrote, “AI stands for Aryan Intelligence.”
Playground AI’s response: Responding to Wang’s post, Playground AI founder
Suhail Doshi said that “models aren’t instructable like that” and will pick “any generic thing based on the prompt.” However, he said in another
tweet that Playground AI is “quite displeased with this and hope to solve it.”
More from NextShark: Plastic Surgeon Proves 'Fox Eye' Trend Was Sparked By Asian Features on TikTok
The big picture: Racial bias is an ongoing concern in AI-generated images. While some programs have been accused of turning subjects white, others
have been slammed for turning subjects Asian. Outside image generation, racial discrimination in AI facial recognition is also a concern, particularly among African Americans. How and whether artificial intelligence manages to solve these issues are yet to be seen.
passby
31 July, 2023
Well, I am an Asian American. Do we even think about that it is possible that AI has no concept of race? Meaning it will just select the most
popular portraits and kinda fit it into her frame.
Justin A
31 July, 2023
that would take complex thought and practical analysis. It's far easier to be outraged over some perceived slight.
--
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stupid people won't be offended.
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No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019. Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 12:36:09 AM UTC+1, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
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A recent Asian American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate made headlines this month after sharing evidence of racial bias in artificial intelligence (AI).
What she asked for: Rona Wang, 24, has been experimenting with AI portrait generators. In a recent attempt, she purportedly used a program called Playground AI to turn an image of her in an MIT sweatshirt into “a professional LinkedIn profile photo.”
What she got: The program, to Wang’s surprise, returned an image that gave
her a fairer complexion, dark blonde hair and blue eyes.
“I was like, ‘Wow, does this thing think I should become white to become
more professional?’” she told Boston.com.
Reactions: On July 14, Wang shared the result in an X post, which has now received over 5.9 million views.
Social media users replied to the post with their own takes and theories. Druv Bhagavan, a M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, warned about delegating important tasks to AI tools as “unbiased training data is rarely ever used.” Meanwhile, user @CityBureaucrat wrote, “AI stands for Aryan Intelligence.”
Playground AI’s response: Responding to Wang’s post, Playground AI founder
Suhail Doshi said that “models aren’t instructable like that” and will
pick “any generic thing based on the prompt.” However, he said in another
tweet that Playground AI is “quite displeased with this and hope to solve
it.”
More from NextShark: Plastic Surgeon Proves 'Fox Eye' Trend Was Sparked By Asian Features on TikTok
The big picture: Racial bias is an ongoing concern in AI-generated images. While some programs have been accused of turning subjects white, others have been slammed for turning subjects Asian. Outside image generation, racial discrimination in AI facial recognition is also a concern, particularly among African Americans. How and whether artificial intelligence manages to solve these issues are yet to be seen.
passby
31 July, 2023
Well, I am an Asian American. Do we even think about that it is possible that AI has no concept of race? Meaning it will just select the most popular portraits and kinda fit it into her frame.
Justin A
31 July, 2023
that would take complex thought and practical analysis. It's far easier to be outraged over some perceived slight.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019. Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.Race can be difficult to identify using language. In Britain its not unusual to say somebody is Oriental, while US readers will say a person is Asian. Similarly Indian to UK could mean near East, while to US an Indian Native to the States.
On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 12:36:09 AM UTC+1, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
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A recent Asian American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate made headlines this month after sharing evidence of racial bias in artificial intelligence (AI).
What she asked for: Rona Wang, 24, has been experimenting with AI portrait generators. In a recent attempt, she purportedly used a program called Playground AI to turn an image of her in an MIT sweatshirt into “a professional LinkedIn profile photo.”
What she got: The program, to Wang’s surprise, returned an image that gave
her a fairer complexion, dark blonde hair and blue eyes.
“I was like, ‘Wow, does this thing think I should become white to become
more professional?’” she told Boston.com.
Reactions: On July 14, Wang shared the result in an X post, which has now received over 5.9 million views.
Social media users replied to the post with their own takes and theories. Druv Bhagavan, a M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, warned about delegating important tasks to AI tools as “unbiased training data is rarely ever used.” Meanwhile, user @CityBureaucrat wrote, “AI stands for Aryan Intelligence.”
Playground AI’s response: Responding to Wang’s post, Playground AI founder
Suhail Doshi said that “models aren’t instructable like that” and will
pick “any generic thing based on the prompt.” However, he said in another
tweet that Playground AI is “quite displeased with this and hope to solve
it.”
More from NextShark: Plastic Surgeon Proves 'Fox Eye' Trend Was Sparked By Asian Features on TikTok
The big picture: Racial bias is an ongoing concern in AI-generated images. While some programs have been accused of turning subjects white, others have been slammed for turning subjects Asian. Outside image generation, racial discrimination in AI facial recognition is also a concern, particularly among African Americans. How and whether artificial intelligence manages to solve these issues are yet to be seen.
passby
31 July, 2023
Well, I am an Asian American. Do we even think about that it is possible that AI has no concept of race? Meaning it will just select the most popular portraits and kinda fit it into her frame.
Justin A
31 July, 2023
that would take complex thought and practical analysis. It's far easier to be outraged over some perceived slight.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019. Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.Race can be difficult to identify using language. In Britain its not unusual to say somebody is Oriental, while US readers will say a person is Asian. Similarly Indian to UK could mean near East, while to US an Indian Native to the States.
On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 11:10:15 AM UTC-5, Nicki Hatfield Elson makethings wrote:
On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 12:36:09 AM UTC+1, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
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9dffa676c
A recent Asian American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate made headlines this month after sharing evidence of racial bias in artificial intelligence (AI).
What she asked for: Rona Wang, 24, has been experimenting with AI portrait
generators. In a recent attempt, she purportedly used a program called Playground AI to turn an image of her in an MIT sweatshirt into “a professional LinkedIn profile photo.”
What she got: The program, to Wang’s surprise, returned an image that gave
her a fairer complexion, dark blonde hair and blue eyes.
“I was like, ‘Wow, does this thing think I should become white to become
more professional?’” she told Boston.com.
Reactions: On July 14, Wang shared the result in an X post, which has now
received over 5.9 million views.
Social media users replied to the post with their own takes and theories.
Druv Bhagavan, a M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, warned about delegating important tasks to AI tools
as “unbiased training data is rarely ever used.” Meanwhile, user @CityBureaucrat wrote, “AI stands for Aryan Intelligence.”
Playground AI’s response: Responding to Wang’s post, Playground AI founder
Suhail Doshi said that “models aren’t instructable like that” and will
pick “any generic thing based on the prompt.” However, he said in another
tweet that Playground AI is “quite displeased with this and hope to solve
it.”
More from NextShark: Plastic Surgeon Proves 'Fox Eye' Trend Was Sparked By
Asian Features on TikTok
The big picture: Racial bias is an ongoing concern in AI-generated images.
While some programs have been accused of turning subjects white, others have been slammed for turning subjects Asian. Outside image generation, racial discrimination in AI facial recognition is also a concern, particularly among African Americans. How and whether artificial intelligence manages to solve these issues are yet to be seen.
passby
31 July, 2023
Well, I am an Asian American. Do we even think about that it is possible that AI has no concept of race? Meaning it will just select the most popular portraits and kinda fit it into her frame.
Justin A
31 July, 2023
that would take complex thought and practical analysis. It's far easier to
be outraged over some perceived slight.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019. Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer liberal democrat donors.
you hit the nail just exactly on the head which is good because if you missed the head of the nail it doesn't get driven inPresident Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointedRace can be difficult to identify using language. In Britain its not unusual to say somebody is Oriental, while US readers will say a person is Asian. Similarly Indian to UK could mean near East, while to US an Indian Native to the States.
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 11:26:03 AM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer wrote:
On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 11:10:15 AM UTC-5, Nicki Hatfield Elson makethings wrote:
On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 12:36:09 AM UTC+1, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
https://news.yahoo.com/asian-mit-grad-asks-ai-180424270.html
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9dffa676c
A recent Asian American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate made headlines this month after sharing evidence of racial bias
in artificial intelligence (AI).
What she asked for: Rona Wang, 24, has been experimenting with AI portrait
generators. In a recent attempt, she purportedly used a program called Playground AI to turn an image of her in an MIT sweatshirt into “a professional LinkedIn profile photo.”
What she got: The program, to Wang’s surprise, returned an image that gave
her a fairer complexion, dark blonde hair and blue eyes.
“I was like, ‘Wow, does this thing think I should become white to become
more professional?’” she told Boston.com.
Reactions: On July 14, Wang shared the result in an X post, which has now
received over 5.9 million views.
Social media users replied to the post with their own takes and theories.
Druv Bhagavan, a M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, warned about delegating important tasks to AI tools
as “unbiased training data is rarely ever used.” Meanwhile, user @CityBureaucrat wrote, “AI stands for Aryan Intelligence.”
Playground AI’s response: Responding to Wang’s post, Playground AI founder
Suhail Doshi said that “models aren’t instructable like that” and will
pick “any generic thing based on the prompt.” However, he said in another
tweet that Playground AI is “quite displeased with this and hope to solve
it.”
More from NextShark: Plastic Surgeon Proves 'Fox Eye' Trend Was Sparked By
Asian Features on TikTok
The big picture: Racial bias is an ongoing concern in AI-generated images.
While some programs have been accused of turning subjects white, others
have been slammed for turning subjects Asian. Outside image generation,
racial discrimination in AI facial recognition is also a concern, particularly among African Americans. How and whether artificial intelligence manages to solve these issues are yet to be seen.
passby
31 July, 2023
Well, I am an Asian American. Do we even think about that it is possible
that AI has no concept of race? Meaning it will just select the most popular portraits and kinda fit it into her frame.
Justin A
31 July, 2023
that would take complex thought and practical analysis. It's far easier to
be outraged over some perceived slight.
salad just like everyone else does?--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019. Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
If you would just communicate with me, we could establish some sort of rapport, and come to some kind of resolution of the present situation, which would be mutually agreeable to both of us, and aren't I good, tossing words out there making a wordyou hit the nail just exactly on the head which is good because if you missed the head of the nail it doesn't get driven inPresident Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointedRace can be difficult to identify using language. In Britain its not unusual to say somebody is Oriental, while US readers will say a person is Asian. Similarly Indian to UK could mean near East, while to US an Indian Native to the States.
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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