Even For AI, White Is Right: Photo enhancing bot turns Asian woman white when asked to beautify portrait

An Asian-American who was experimenting with AI bots to beautify her portrait and make it look professional found that none of them worked for her. One of them in fact turned her white, removing all her Mongoloid features, and giving her European features instead In a rather bizarre incident, a 24-year-old Asian-American MIT graduate, Rona Wang, discovered while using an AI image generator, that the bot’s idea of “professionalizing” her headshot was to alter her appearance to look white. was trying to get a linkedin profile photo with AI editing & this is what it gave me 🤨 pic.twitter.com/AZgWbhTs8Q — Rona Wang July 14, 2023 This incident gained significant attention when she shared it online, leading to viral discussions and media coverage. “Should I conclude based on a single observation that the dice is biased to the number 1 and was trained to be predisposed to rolling a 1?” However, Wang and others have highlighted that racial bias is a recurring issue in AI tools. “I haven’t gotten any usable results from AI photo generators or editors yet,” she said This incident serves as another example of AI systems making significant errors, despite companies rapidly integrating such software into various domains, including workforce replacements.