Humans Prefer Artificial White Faces Over Real People
“We judge White AI faces as real more often than human faces”
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) often appears in our society under the guise of white, ethereal faces. From virtual assistants to advertisements, these faces, picked from an AI’s rosy algorithm, are notably Caucasian and humanoid. According to a recent study, we even judge these AI faces to be more ‘real’ than actual human faces, highlighting the deeply ingrained racial biases in our perception.”
Enter the era where AI faces, glowing like a full moon and bleached to perfection, become the gold standard of ‘realness’. Quite the curveball, right? Crisp, white, and ever so artificial, they’re cropping up everywhere – mitigating our queries, staking claim in advertisements, and entirely dominating the cyberspace.
Now, we’ve got algorithms, those unbiased powerhouses of technology, churning out rapid-fire responses, relying on their ‘whitewashed’ facial representatives. These AI faces are eerily popping up all over the internet; human-like, but just not quite there. According to a fresh-from-the-oven study, these incandesce ‘I-came-from-another-dimension’ faces are perceived as more ‘real’ by us humans than our own kind.
Think about it. It is like accepting a mannequin as more lifelike than an actual runway model. This just doesn’t underline the extent to which racial biases are entrenched in our societal psyche. No, it indelibly highlights it, underscoring the silent issue with a neon marker over a dark background.
What does this say about us? That we’re evolving, but our minds are still playing the broken record of racial preconceptions. And yes, a round of applause is in order – not for progress, but for keeping antiquated biases aflame in the high-tech era.
At this point, there are more thoughts swirling than the number of AI faces popping up in every corner of the Internet. As bionic companions populate our daily landscapes, perhaps it’s high time we bestowed some ‘realness’ to diversity, acceptance, and the understanding that ‘reality’ extends beyond white, digital faces. It’s not too late to eject that broken record and replace it with a symphony of change.
Through this study, the curtain has been pulled back to reveal a deep-seated issue that needs critique and rectification. So let’s press pause on producing more white, ethereal AI faces for a moment, and consider: What does ‘real’ really mean?