Effect of Gender Fair Job Description on Generative AI Images

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05769v1
• Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:21:29 GMT
• Title: Effect of Gender Fair Job Description on Generative AI Images
• Authors: Finn Böckling, Jan Marquenie, Ingo Siegert,
• Abstract summary: This study analyzed gender representation in STEM occupation images generated by OpenAI DALL-E 3 & Black Forest FLUX.1 using 150 prompts in three linguistic forms.<n>Results revealed significant male bias across all forms, with the German pair form showing reduced bias but still overrepresenting men for the STEM-Group and mixed results for the Group of Social Occupations.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: STEM fields are traditionally male-dominated, with gender biases shaping perceptions of job accessibility. This study analyzed gender representation in STEM occupation images generated by OpenAI DALL-E 3 \& Black Forest FLUX.1 using 150 prompts in three linguistic forms: German generic masculine, German pair form, and English. As control, 20 pictures of social occupations were generated as well. Results revealed significant male bias across all forms, with the German pair form showing reduced bias but still overrepresenting men for the STEM-Group and mixed results for the Group of Social Occupations. These findings highlight generative AI's role in reinforcing societal biases, emphasizing the need for further discussion on diversity (in AI). Further aspects analyzed are age-distribution and ethnic diversity.

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