Generative AI's race problem

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, Love at First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy , 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.

Bridget's first audiobook, Love at First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy , is available for pre-order now from LoveAtFirstPrompt.AI and comes out July 14th from Simon & Schuster . Support Public Media.

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