Meta’s AI generator is still far from perfect, with biases persisting. The proof at the moment, with its difficulty in producing images of mixed couples.
If generative artificial intelligence is a tool that has quickly become fascinating, it has nevertheless already had its share of controversies, particularly in terms of the images it can produce. We thus remember Gemini, who was talked about because of his difficulties in correctly producing certain historical representations. And today, it is more on Meta’s side that the controversy could arise.
Meta’s AI struggles with diversity
Meta will have to work on its image generative AI in the coming days! Because it could well have serious problems responding correctly to simple requests such as the representation of mixed couples. It is The Verge who was the first to discover the pot aux roses.
Thus, when a user asks to obtain the representation of a couple with two people of a different ethnicity, most of the time they obtain an image in which, despite the explicit request, the two people are of the same ethnicity. The Verge has repeatedly tried to receive an image in which the man is Asian, the woman is European, and in return has almost only seen Asian couples appear, as shown in the image below.
Other problems appear
This is not the only problem encountered, as image-generative AI has shown other biases. We can thus observe that for each simple request to create a couple, the man displayed is generally older than the woman accompanying him.
The AI also tends to culturally characterize people according to the requested ethnicity, adding, without this having been specified, “ culturally specific clothing. » In short, the production of Mark Zuckerberg’s teams still seems to require a certain number of adjustments. Fortunately for the group, this AI is currently only available in the United States. Enough to give it time to amend it, before an international deployment?
Source : Engadget
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