AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · 5h ago7/10
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The Algorithmic Gaze of Image Quality Assessment: An Audit and Trace Ethnography of the LAION-Aesthetics Predictor
Researchers audited LAION-Aesthetics Predictor (LAP), an algorithmic model widely used to filter training datasets for visual generative AI systems like Stable Diffusion. The audit reveals LAP systematically biases toward images of women while filtering out men and LGBTQ+ individuals, and reinforces Western artistic preferences, raising critical questions about whose aesthetic values shape AI-generated imagery.
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