An Asian MIT student asked AI to turn an image of her into a professional headshot. It made her white with lighter skin and blue eyes.::Rona Wang, a 24-year-old MIT student, was experimenting with the AI image creator Playground AI to create a professional LinkedIn photo.
User error, be more specific
Yeah they forgot to say “don’t change my ethnicity” to the prompt. Normal shit, right?
It would be the same if the user wanted to preserve or highlight any other feature, simply specify what the output needs to look like. Ask for nothing but linkedin professional and you get the average linkedin professional.
It’s like being surprised the output looks asian when asking to look like a wechat user