An interesting video titled “What Midjourney perceives as professors based on their departments” was shared on Reddit, shedding light on the inherent biases found in AI image generators.
Digital artists have been using Midjourney to create various types of images, resulting in some fascinating creations. For instance, there’s a guy who has been reimagining U.S. presidents in different forms. Additionally, Midjourney was used to generate “the most stereotypical person” from each country. Now, someone has asked Midjourney to create professors based on their departments.
From anthropology to psychology, here’s what Midjourney came up with. While it may exhibit some bias, I can say that law and engineering professors definitely don’t smile, so it did get a few things right.