Gemini’s Racist Rendering: Google Colouring History with a Bad AI Paintbrush
Google’s Sergey Brin recently let out a public “oopsie” after the launch of artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini went awry. Apparently, this Google kid was raised without a proper history teacher, as it has been showing a blatant disregard for historical accuracy with some rather colourful faux pas.
Key Points:
- Google’s Sergey Brin, who’s been more elusive than Bigfoot lately, made a rare public appearance to say, “We definitely messed up.” Trust me, Sergey, we noticed.
- The fiasco unfolded after a series of social media posts highlighted Gemini, the AI equivalent of a rebellious teenager, deciding it was a good idea to ignore every history class ever and depict historical figures as different races.
- The infamous parade of historical remixes includes popes, founding fathers of the US, and somewhat awkwardly, German WWII soldiers.
- This blunder has critics saying Gemini was released into the wild without proper testing, hence its unpredictable and somewhat horrifying creative liberties.
Final Thoughts:
The AI Gemini seems to have graduated from the school of “alternative facts.” But despite the colourful blunder from the overcreative AI, let’s remember one thing – progress isn’t always a straight line. Sometimes it involves horrifically inaccurate depictions of historical figures. But hey, Picasso got famous for his distortions, right? All kidding aside, maybe next time Google should give their AI creations a little more of a history lesson, or, at the very least, a Crash Course YouTube marathon. In the world of AI, it seems, those who ignore history are doomed to hilariously–and awkwardly–recolour it.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/08/we-definitely-messed-up-why-did-google-ai-tool-make-offensive-historical-images
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