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October 17, 2023
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prompt bias

  • October 17, 2023
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Hello! I would like to share a problem that I think other people face too, regarding the Generative fill in Photoshop. 

I think it comes as no surprise that using normal words gets BIASED results, and also, as no surprise that the word in question is "black". 

There are two (most important) examples for me, although this problem happened on many other "objects" that have the word black attibuted:

 

1) When using "black marble table", I get usually white tables. Many times when using this word, my promt gets totally ignored, and other colors fill the space. 

 

2) when creating a new scene with the promt "black studio blackground", it turns out I violate the community guidelines. Most probably for the use of word "black", which I guess is..."racist"? Even more outrageous, is that using "white studio background" is completely fine, which leads to a simple absolutely logical question: why the bias? 

 

I know this is an AI, and it can have bugs, but knowing the attitude on some parts of the world (USA in this case, Adobe being an american product), and also the completely clear example with the studio background, I  strongly want to point this problem out. This is CLEARELY not a bug, but a bias attitude (which makes me wonder if this is racism towards "white", since it is no problem to use this word, but the word "black" gets censured). 

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MeredithStotzner
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 27, 2023

Thanks for the info Stefan5C6B.
When you run into this issue (or similar) where there appears to be bias in the image results...
• please use the Report flag for the image (under the ••• on the variation in the Properties panel).
Then fill out the Report - please click "Biased content" and "Include image..." - a note about your expectations is helpful, too.

• For rejected/violation prompts/images, please click on "Provide feedback"...

Then check the box for "Prompt was incorrectly blocked". It's always helpful to include the image, too.

Thank you!