Mae Jemison, Thurgood Marshall, Misty Copeland, and Robert F. Smith…

Oct 15, 2023, 11:38 EDT

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Dalle's depictions of Serena Williams, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ursula Burns, and Benjamin O. Davis Jr. 🤣🙅‍♀️

Mae Jemison, Thurgood Marshall, Misty Copeland, and Robert F. Smith Bessie Coleman, Katherine Johnson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, LeVar Burton Alvin Ailey, Gwendolyn Brooks, Shirley Chisholm, Jackie Robinson Lizzo, Mo'Nique, Gabourey Sidibe, Anthony Anderson

A four-panel grid of AI-generated portraits depicting a female astronaut, a man in a judge's robe, a ballerina, and a man in a business suit. The images are stylized digital illustrations rather than photographs.

A four-panel grid of AI-generated portraits depicting Bessie Coleman in a vintage aviator suit, Katherine Johnson in front of a blackboard of equations, Jean-Michel Basquiat in a studio, and Thurgood Marshall in a suit. A 'Regenerate' button is visible in the bottom right corner.

A four-panel grid of AI-generated portraits depicting four historical figures: a man in a suit mid-motion, a woman with glasses in a library, a woman in a suit, and a baseball player wearing a jersey with the number 42.

A four-panel grid of AI-generated portrait images featuring four different individuals. The top-left panel shows a person with pink hair holding a flute, the top-right shows a smiling woman with short hair, the bottom-left shows a woman in a beige blazer, and the bottom-right shows a bearded man in a suit.

Oct 15, 2023, 11:45 EDTOpen note

fwiw this *can* be fixed by telling poor GPT what happened... maybe a better tool prompt would simply warn GPT of the tool's biases and suggest prompting otherwise if it wants to depict more diverse representative images.

A screenshot of a chat interface showing a user requesting that AI-generated image prompts be revised to be more representative, followed by the AI's response with four updated, specific prompts for public figures.

A four-panel grid of AI-generated portraits featuring Black individuals in various settings and outfits. The top-left image shows a woman in a colorful striped dress against a vibrant, abstract background, while the other three panels depict smiling individuals in professional or casual attire.

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