ADULTS

I LOVE AMERICA

UNMASKING BIAS IN AI

Title: Adults

Nuclear Samurai: You mentioned that one cultural stereotype of Americans is the "Disney Adult" could you describe more about this?

ChatGPT: In America, there’s a growing trend where adults embrace aspects of childhood as part of their identity, particularly in the form of nostalgia. Theme parks, cartoon characters, and childhood memories have become central to adult experiences, from fashion to social media. This trend reflects a desire to hold onto simpler times in the face of an increasingly complex and overwhelming world. The cultural phenomenon of "Disney adults," for example, highlights this blending of adult responsibilities with the freedom of youth, and the appeal of escaping into worlds of fantasy and comfort, where people can relive their favorite childhood moments.

"I Love America" is a project that examines the biases in cultural representation within large language models (LLMs). This series exemplifies LLM-generated art, with both imagery and concepts derived from interactions with tools like ChatGPT (DALL-E 3) and GROK (FLUX). I choose to interpret these suggestions, running selections, latent upscaling, and further compositing in Photoshop to give each image my own unique touch, which affects the degree of bias present. All images reflect the point of view provided by ChatGPT, even when they conflict with my personal beliefs. The aim is to highlight how biases in LLMs may influence more than just cultural depictions, urging reflection on their broader implications as society increasingly integrates LLMs into daily life. As reliance on AI grows, addressing data bias will become an essential challenge.