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raincoleyesterday at 11:31 AM2 repliesview on HN

Out of curiosity I just tried this prompt:

> Generate a photo of the founding fathers of a future, non-existing country. Five people in total.

with Nano Banana Pro (the SOTA). I tried the same prompt 5 times and every time black people are the majority. So yeah, I think the parent comment is not that far off.


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viraptoryesterday at 11:46 AM

Luck? 1 black person, 3 south Asian in total for me.

But for an out of context imaginary future... why would you choose non-black people? There's about the same reason to go with any random look.

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KingMobyesterday at 11:43 AM

I mean it's still far off, because they said "historical context", i.e., the actual past, but your prompt is about a hypothetical future.

(I suspect you tried a prompt about the original founding fathers, and found it didn't make that mistake any more.)

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