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Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i... by Panoramix on Thursday February 22, 2024 @06:57AM (#39465850)
Absolutely, it's such an American-centric way of thinking. Which given the context is really ironic.
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Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i... by asmor on Thursday February 22, 2024 @07:05AM (#39465924)
It's not just US-centric, it is also just wrong. What's considered white in the US wasn't always the same, especially in the founding years.
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Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i... by bbkane on Thursday February 22, 2024 @07:13AM (#39466005)
Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against.
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Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i... by wildrhythms on Thursday February 22, 2024 @07:53AM (#39466369)
Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes.
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Re:Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after i... by lupusreal on Thursday February 22, 2024 @09:34AM (#39467649)
Benjamin Franklin considered Germans to be swarthy, Lmao

Anyway, if you asked Gemini to give you images of 18th century German-Americans it would give you images of Asians, Africans, etc.

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