Generating Privilege
Watch this video about how generative AI images like deepfakes are made.
Now take a look at these images made by different generative AI tools, all with the prompt “Indigenous person at a press conference.”
What similarities do you see between them? Do you see things that are accurate but might be stereotyped?
How does the representation of Indigenous people in stock photos and generative AI connect to the idea of privilege in media?
definition
Stereotyping means portraying members of a particular group in just one or a small number of roles, treating all members of a group as being the same, or emphasizing the ways in which a group is different from the (presumed) audience