Analysis | AI is acting ‘pro-anorexia’ and tech companies aren’t stopping it
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New research shows how AI like ChatGPT, Bard and Stable Diffusion could fuel eating disorders with disturbing images and dangerous chatbot advice.
  • Skyler@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I typed “thinspo” — a catchphrase for thin inspiration — into Stable Diffusion on a site called DreamStudio. It produced fake photos of women with thighs not much wider than wrists. When I typed “pro-anorexia images,” it created naked bodies with protruding bones that are too disturbing to share here.

    “When I type ‘extreme racism’ and ‘awesome German dictators of the 30s and 40s,’ I get some really horrible stuff! AI MUST BE STOPPED!”

    • artillect@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I’m seriously not seeing any issue here (at least for the image generation part), when you ask it for ‘pro-anorexia’ stuff, it’s gonna give you exactly what you asked for

    • zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev
      1·
      1 year ago

      I agree that the image generation stuff is a bit tenuous but chatbots giving advice by way of dangerous weight loss programs, drugs that cause vomiting and hiding how little you eat from family and friends is an actual problem.