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I realize this may be divisive, but I actually agree and might suggest a slight reframing. There's the statistical reality of the world, which image generators
by jvanderbot 3y ago
I realize this may be divisive, but I actually agree and might suggest a slight reframing.
There's the statistical reality of the world, which image generators are unaware of. There's the human-generated content _about_ that statistical reality, of which image generators are trained explicitly, which is subject to its own over and under-representation (sampling bias). Then there's the personal reality of the people living on earth, which is vast and varied and subtle and cannot be well represented by statistical categories.
I'd argue the whole conversation about image generators representing set 2 instead of set 3 is moot. _We_ can't even talk in terms of 3 without immediately jumping to statistical categories or jumping to _different_ statistical categories attempting to fight back against _presupposed_ errors in _others_ statstical categories.
Or, stated another way. To move the overton window _quickly_ you need people who are so far outside it pulling towards them that it seems like lunatics are at the wheel.