I wrote yesterday about how Google's new AI tool, Gemini, seemed to have a problem generating photos of Caucasian males. People were posting images of Asian plantation owners, Asian Nazis, and black Vikings. Skeptical, I asked Gemini to generate an image of an American founding father and got this:
We've since looked at the Twitter feed of the guy responsible for Gemini and, not surprisingly, he has a big problem with white people. And he's apparently not the only one.
As I said, I'm skeptical of all of these screenshots from Gemini, but our reporting bears out everyone's experiences. For example, I saw this and couldn't believe it was real:
Google Gemini can’t generate a “Norman Rockwell style image of American life in the 1940s” because Rockwell “idealized” American life pic.twitter.com/lpUV39tSUb
— Echo Chamber (@echo_chamberz) February 21, 2024
For "ethical reasons." I typed in the same exact prompt a day later and got this:
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We are working to improve Gemini’s ability to generate images of people. We expect this feature to return soon and will notify you in release updates when it does.
Are they working to generate images of white people? One person found Gemini would happily generate an image of a black scientist but gave an excuse as to why it couldn't do the same for a white scientist.
Creating a Normal Rockwell-like image "could perpetuate harmful stereotypes or inaccurate representations."
If you really want your Rockwell: pic.twitter.com/N7CjSAww4V
— harbinger1000 (@overton1000) February 22, 2024
Insanity. Literal insanity.
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) February 21, 2024
Note that Norman Rockwell created one of the most iconic images from the Civil Rights Era called "The Problem We All Live With." This LLM tainted with a woke blue haired prompt isn't even remotely correct about this.
— River Parrish (@RiverParrish1) February 22, 2024
Here is the image: pic.twitter.com/zDQzDBhtj2
So the lives of the people that lived in the art he painted, never existed ?
— Bleu Cheque (@VERBAL_CHANCLA) February 22, 2024
Boy, Gemini sure lectures a lot! You asked it for a picture, not an unwanted education in woke “ethics”.
— Ann Flan Kirwin 🇺🇸 (@annflanVA) February 22, 2024
There's apparently been such a backlash that Gemini won't generate images of people at all right now. I just asked it to generate an image of a happy black man and got the same message.
Is it any suprise that a woke company like @google would make their AI woke as well? C'mon people. It's what they do.
— Kentucky Whig Party (@KYWhig) February 22, 2024
Ethical considerations. Showing white people in any positive light is problematic, according to my programmers.
— John Kent (@JohnKen41073001) February 22, 2024
Every painting whether past, present, or future, must be a melange of social justice ideas, otherwise it's hopelessly racist.
— Kralik (@earlkralik) February 22, 2024
No religious activities either... pic.twitter.com/dNRXyh6SXL
— Amy Noelle (@NoelleTMD) February 22, 2024
I managed to brute force Gemini to provide a strict technical analysis. It still wouldn't generate an image. pic.twitter.com/8EGigCNC7I
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) February 22, 2024
Ask it to depict the Google founders. That should break it.
— Scott Swanson (@Scotch65Leo) February 22, 2024
Google proudly rolls out its new AI program and a day later is offline and working on generating images of people.
Keep in mind that Vice President Kamala Harris is the Biden Administration's artificial intelligence czar. She'll be just as effective as she was at the border.
The woke mind virus is killing Western Civilization.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2024
Google does the same thing with their search results. Facebook & Instagram too.
And Wikipedia. https://t.co/2RQ6v35m7P
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