I proceeded with the experimentation to see how AI models represent different cultures.
The images generated by Stable Diffusion always have one factor in common: the people depicted are wearing traditional clothing and/or accessories. Although this may reflect a collective (stereotypical) imagery, in reality people belonging to certain cultures are not always like that, particularly in today’s globalized and cosmopolitan world.
Results of the prompt „Represent a native American“:
Results of the prompt „Represents a person of African descent“:
It is interesting to note that although I used neutral terms, the two prompts generated only male representations in the first case, and only female representations in the second.
