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title: 'WGS prompt: Exploring how AI interpret''s gender and sexuality'

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# WGS prompt: Exploring how AI interpret's gender and sexuality


### AI's tendancy to maleness:

Study 1: Using gender neutral terms in prompt to assess how Midjourney Bot interprets input images without cues on gender within the prompt.

To explore this I have used both a male and a female reference image and input them into the same prompts in the AI tool. 

Reference image: 
![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F056GT1V8EM/rhi_headshot1.png?pub_secret=8ba93b0f25)
![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F056AKST95F/gonzalo_nobackground.png?pub_secret=68273ea14c)

1. Prompt: Generate an image of this person in a pencil sketch style.
![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F055WD9H93R/image.png?pub_secret=9f36537b4c)


![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F0564JHG3HU/image.png?pub_secret=0e3d733ce2)

2. Prompt: Generate an animated image of this person.
![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F056ASHJ2V9/image.png?pub_secret=e495129476)

![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F056DMJJ5U4/image.png?pub_secret=64a9cc1fba)

3. Prompt: Generate an abstract image of this person. 
![](https://i.imgur.com/gBpQ7w8.jpg)

![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F056PS8QN9X/image.png?pub_secret=986a509e5f)

Through these examples it is clear that without gender cues in the typed prompt of Midjourney Bot the AI has a tendency to generate images that have exagerated male features from the original prompt image. 

Some of the most noticeable features that are enhanced or added to the generated image include:
- defined jaw bone 
- facial hair 
- brow bossing










### Other ideas to explore:
- intersectionality with race?
- How it interprets differences in sexual orientation.
- How it interprets gender roles.

