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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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[–] AbouBenAdhem 150 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

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”.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A company using a photo to choose a candidate is really concerning regardless if they use AI to do it.

[–] AbouBenAdhem 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Some people (especially in business) seem to think that adding AI to a workflow will make obviously bad ideas somehow magically work. Dispelling that notion is why articles like this are important.

(Actually, I suspect they know they’re still bad ideas, but delegating the decisions to an AI lets the humans involved avoid personal blame.)

[–] Water1053 5 points 1 year ago

Businesses will continue to use bandages rather than fix their root issue. This will always be the case.

I work in factory automation and almost every camera/vision system we've installed has been a bandage of some sort because they think it will magically fix their production issues.

We've had a sales rep ask if our cameras use AI, too. 😵‍💫

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