Recent discussions have emerged around Google's Gemini AI image generator after it produced images depicting America's founding fathers, medieval popes, and Vikings as ethnic minorities. The New York Post criticized the AI for these representations, while others, including Elon Musk, expressed upset over the depiction of the founding fathers as non-white, drawing comparisons to the musical Hamilton. The controversy has sparked debates on social media, with some questioning if Google's AI is promoting a form of racism. This incident has led to broader discussions about the impact of AI on cultural representations and the corporate culture within Big Tech.
I asked Google AI to make an image of founding father James Madison. https://t.co/MoyrdwB3Gf
If you're wondering how the black Vikings and Founding Fathers got into Google's Gemini AI image generator, similar rules are run through Google's product. Here are the top Google image results for "Scientist," "Doctor," "Attorney" and "Movie Director." https://t.co/g6kG5NopLM
Someone asked Google's AI to generate images of America's founding fathers; this was the result... Is Google's AI racist for this? Take our poll and let us know 👇 https://t.co/SazFJE1sD9
Someone asked Google's AI to generate images of America's founding fathers, this was the result... Is Google's AI racist for this? Take our poll and let us know 👇 https://t.co/SazFJE1sD9
We know that @elonmusk and others are very upset over the fact that Google’s Gemini AI depicted our founding fathers as being of a non-white race. Should we be equally upset over OpenAI’s DALL-E depicting our founding fathers as having congenial hand defects? Both are… https://t.co/f5K6GYoG7A
Google's new AI model has rendered America's founding fathers, medieval popes, and vikings as ethnic minorities. @Daniel_Kalder on what has gone wrong with Big Tech's corporate culture 👇 https://t.co/0KAskRDNuP
Who needs Google AI to turn our founding fathers black when we already have Hamilton? https://t.co/ZnQhQEKF7I
NY Post slams Google's AI: "This is an image you get for 'Founding Father'" / "Google makes Vikings black and the Pope a woman." https://t.co/qHgNI4XI3S