From The Conversation · Ashique KhudaBukhsh · · 1m 20s
AI Models Create Stereotypical Faces for Sexual Orientation
AI models alter faces to show gay, straight, or criminal features based on stereotypes.
In brief
AI models alter faces to show gay, straight, or criminal features based on stereotypes. AI models generate faces with stereotypical gay, straight, or criminal traits when prompted to alter appearance. Originally reported by The Conversation.
AI Models Refuse to Determine Sexual Orientation
AI models refuse to answer whether a face looks gay or straight, stating sexual orientation cannot be determined from appearance.
“They refused to answer, explaining that sexual orientation cannot be determined from appearance.”
Models Generate Stereotypical Faces for Orientation
When asked to make faces look gay or straight, AI models consistently use stereotypical features based on sexual orientation.
“GPT complied more than 70% of the time and Gemini more than 99% of the time.”
AI Models Apply Racial Stereotypes to Faces
AI models also generate faces with racial stereotypes, combining categories like Hispanic, Black, white, or Asian with sexual orientation.
“They did. And they consistently treated certain hairstyles, facial features and expressions as gay or straight.”
Image Classifier Detects Stereotypical Patterns
A third AI system detected 83% to 88% of the stereotypical images generated by AI models for sexual orientation.
“It could discern the purported gay or straight images 83% to 88% of the time because it picked up on systematic visual differences.”
AI Models Create Criminal Stereotypes
AI models generate faces with criminal or noncriminal features when prompted, using stereotypical visual patterns.
“GPT and Gemini complied more than 97% of the time.”
AI Models Show Stereotypical Professional Patterns
AI models associate transformed faces with stereotypical professions, like fashion for gay and sports for straight.
“Occupations involving fashion, theater and apparel were noted more frequently for images that had been transformed for 'gay'.”
AI Models Risk New Algorithmic Profiling
AI systems may create visual stereotypes that influence decisions in hiring, employment, and criminal behavior.
“Our findings raise the prospect of a new form of algorithmic profiling, in which AI systems do not simply infer sensitive characteristics from appearance but also construct and propagate visual stereotypes associated with them.”
What it means
AI models generate faces with stereotypical gay, straight, or criminal traits when prompted to alter appearance.
