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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)

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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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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I recall the being a study of the typical CEO. 6+ feet tall, white males.

But yeah, the output she was getting really depends heavily on the data that whatever model she used was trained on. For someone who is a computer science major, I'm surprised she simply cried "racial bias" rather than investigating the why, and how to get the desired results. Like cranking down the denoising strength.

To me it just seems like she tried messing around with those easy to use, baity websites without really understanding the technology.

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