Generative AI Carries Non-Democratic Biases and Stereotypes: Representation of Women, Black Individuals, Age Groups, and People with Disability in AI-Generated Images across Occupations
This highlights a risk to democracy by exposing non-democratic biases in AI-generated images, which is an incremental study building on existing concerns in AI ethics.
The paper investigated how generative AI includes or excludes equity-deserving groups in its outputs, finding that it is not equitably inclusive regarding gender, race, age, and visible disability.
AI governance and ethics in AI development have become critical concerns, prompting active discussions among tech companies, governments, and researchers about the potential risks AI poses to our democracies. This short essay aims to highlight one such risk: how generative AI includes or excludes equity-deserving groups in its outputs. The findings reveal that generative AI is not equitably inclusive regarding gender, race, age, and visible disability.