Generative AI has been creating race-based content, and the results are…uncomfortable.
Brittany’s been getting served a lot of AI generated videos of older Asian men, who seem to be feng shui experts of some kind, espousing the benefits of having a “lazy wife” in your household. But it doesn’t stop there. Today’s guest, Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet and author of the audiobook, , has been ringing the alarm about AI generated videos featuring Black women. Some are AI slop, while others perpetuate harmful stereotypes about Black women — and there’s a market for it.
Bridget joins the show to get into how generative AI has skewed perceptions around race, gender, and privilege online.
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