Incident 579: Harmful Stereotyping of Non-Cisgendered People via Text-to-Image Systems
Description: Text-to-image systems such as DALL-E are allegedly generating biased and often insulting representations of non-cisgender identities. The systems tend to generate stereotypical and sexualized images when prompted with gender identity terms like "trans," "nonbinary," or "queer," highlighting systemic issues of bias.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI developed an AI system deployed by DALL-E, which harmed Non-cisgender individuals and LGBTQ+ community.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
579
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2023-07-03
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
queerinai.com · 2023
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One thing that I love about attending Queer in AI events (or queer community gatherings in general) is that I can assume that everyone around me is queer, too. I shift into a more comfortable, less guarded state. And conversely, it feels go…
Variants
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