My demand for 8/3: Scrap that anti-feminist propaganda machine called genAI!
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The whole set of images is here: https://www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/2025/begleitheft-versaeumte-bilder.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3
The professor who prompted the images declared that “surprisingly, there was little resistance” to them:
https://www.gender-blog.de/beitrag/versaeumte-bilder-frauen-wissenschaftCheck out @bildoperationen for more on how AI serves to distort history such that it strengthens an anti-feminist present.
It is just one of many sufficient reasons to resist AI. But still worth saying today:
If we want to fight for a feminist future, AI must not be part of it.
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The whole set of images is here: https://www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/2025/begleitheft-versaeumte-bilder.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3
The professor who prompted the images declared that “surprisingly, there was little resistance” to them:
https://www.gender-blog.de/beitrag/versaeumte-bilder-frauen-wissenschaftCheck out @bildoperationen for more on how AI serves to distort history such that it strengthens an anti-feminist present.
It is just one of many sufficient reasons to resist AI. But still worth saying today:
If we want to fight for a feminist future, AI must not be part of it.
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@alineblankertz @bildoperationen Compare the discussion surrounding photographer Boris #Eldagsen's AI-generated work, which won him the #Sony World Photography #Award 2023, only for him to reject the prize:
Fotograf reicht mit KI erzeugtes Werk ein und gewinnt Foto-Preis
Der Berliner Fotograf Boris Eldagsen schuf ein Bild mithilfe von Künstlicher Intelligenz. Damit gewann er prompt einen renommierten Fotopreis – will diesen nun aber nicht annehmen.
(www.spiegel.de)
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My demand for 8/3: Scrap that anti-feminist propaganda machine called genAI! It generates misogynist slop even in the hands of those declaring to want the opposite.
The German ministry for research @bmftr_bund just published a paper depicting female researchers in history who have been distorted to conform to gender norms - even with explicit prompts for smiles and dancing. But even without such prompts genAI reproduces and reinforces female oppression.
Publicly funded.
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@alineblankertz @bmftr_bund This is beyond shameful. Specially considering all the exploited women data workers behind these softwares and the open, public misogyny of the creators of these tools.
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The whole set of images is here: https://www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/2025/begleitheft-versaeumte-bilder.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3
The professor who prompted the images declared that “surprisingly, there was little resistance” to them:
https://www.gender-blog.de/beitrag/versaeumte-bilder-frauen-wissenschaftCheck out @bildoperationen for more on how AI serves to distort history such that it strengthens an anti-feminist present.
It is just one of many sufficient reasons to resist AI. But still worth saying today:
If we want to fight for a feminist future, AI must not be part of it.
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@alineblankertz @bildoperationen peak white feminism "Die Schader Stiftung hat einen Open Call gestartet und wissenschaftliche Institute in der Umgebung eingeladen, eigene Frauen vorzuschlagen, die sie für übergangen hielten. Ab diesem Moment wurde das Projekt *partizipativ* , was ein wichtiger Schritt war."
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The whole set of images is here: https://www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/2025/begleitheft-versaeumte-bilder.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3
The professor who prompted the images declared that “surprisingly, there was little resistance” to them:
https://www.gender-blog.de/beitrag/versaeumte-bilder-frauen-wissenschaftCheck out @bildoperationen for more on how AI serves to distort history such that it strengthens an anti-feminist present.
It is just one of many sufficient reasons to resist AI. But still worth saying today:
If we want to fight for a feminist future, AI must not be part of it.
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@alineblankertz @bildoperationen
Also relevant in this context: The decision whether to smile is not only personal, but also cultural. https://medium.com/@socialcreature/ai-and-the-american-smile-76d23a0fbfaf
So forcing these specific women to smile is wrong on even more levels.
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