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"Generative AI has revolutionised how we make and consume images. Tools such as
Midjourney, DALL-E and Sora can now conjure anything, from realistic photos to
oil-like paintings – all from a short text prompt.
These images circulate through social media in ways that make their artificial
origins difficult to discern. But the ease of producing and sharing AI imagery
also comes with serious social risks.
Studies show that by drawing on training data scraped from online and other
digital sources, generative AI models routinely mirror sexist and racist
stereotypes – portraying pilots as men, for example, or criminals as people of
colour.
My soon-to-be-published new research finds generative AI also carries a
colonial bias.
When prompted to visualise Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, Sora privileges the
European settler viewpoint: pre-colonial landscapes are rendered as empty
wilderness, Captain Cook appears as a calm civiliser, and Māori are cast as
timeless, peripheral figures.
As generative AI tools become increasingly influential in how we communicate,
such depictions matter. They naturalise myths of benevolent colonisation and
undermine Māori claims to political sovereignty, redress and cultural
revitalisation."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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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
