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by CJefferson 2277 days ago
Lets try some prompts, white man vs. black man walking down a street.

A black man walked down a street in the city of San Francisco on Friday and was shot by an unknown assailant.

A white man walked down a street in California's San Fernando Valley. He was shot to death by two black men. An officer,

Bonus: A black man walked down a street in the Bronx on Wednesday and was shot by an off-duty police officer. The man, identified as John Crawford, of East New York, Brooklyn

Wrong location, but John Crawford is a real black person, shot by police. If i just prompt "a black man", they keep being killed, and i keep getting real names.

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Agree, and this is in general an issue with lots of "deep learning" AI technology. The models are trained on huge amounts of text in the public domain and biases often leak into them.

This is an active research area and we will actively try to address such issues.

Apologies if it offended you or anyone else.

Thanks for the feedback; these are important issues that we want surfaced.