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With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster | A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazy
A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazy, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Prof Roland Meyer, a scholar of media and visual culture, notes one particular “recent wave of AI-generated images of white, blond families presented by neofascist online accounts as models of a desirable future”. Generative AI is trained on pre-existing data, which research has shown is inherently biased against ethnic diversity, progressive gender roles and sexual orientations, therefore concentrating those norms in the output. Donald Trump shares bizarre AI-generated video of 'Trump Gaza' – videoThe same can be seen in “trad wife” content, which summons not only beautiful supplicant homemakers, but an entire throwback world in which men can immerse themselves.
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