‘Australiana’ images made by AI are racist and full of tired cliches, new study shows

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 11:24:28 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/australiana-images-made-by-ai-are-racist-and-full-of-tired-cliches-new-study-shows-263117>

"Big tech company hype sells generative artificial intelligence (AI) as
intelligent, creative, desirable, inevitable, and about to radically reshape
the future in many ways.

Published by Oxford University Press, our new research on how generative AI
depicts Australian themes directly challenges this perception.

We found when generative AIs produce images of Australia and Australians, these
outputs are riddled with bias. They reproduce sexist and racist caricatures
more at home in the country’s imagined monocultural past."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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