AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · Jun 96/10
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Neutrality Bites: Gender Representation in AI-Generated Animal Stories
Researchers analyzed gender representation in AI-generated animal stories across six leading LLMs and found that while models avoid gendering characters 19% of the time and use neutral pronouns 38% of the time, assigned genders show stark masculine bias with feminine characters appearing in only 2.2% of stories versus 40.6% masculine. The study argues that neutrality-focused bias mitigation strategies may paradoxically erase marginalized identities rather than promote genuine fairness.
