Comment by EvgeniyZh

What is exactly the problem that you think needs a solution? The fact that the distributions of generated samples do not match real-life distributions [1]? How important this issue actually is? Are there any measurements? The reasoning probably goes "underrepresented in generations -> underrepresented in consumed media -> underrepresented in real life" but is there any evidence to each of the implications? Is there any real life impact worth all the money and time they spent, or just donating it for a few kids to go through a law school would actually be better?

Being unable to generate white people from direct request is not solution to this problem, just like being unable to generate joke about Muslims. It's just pumping ideology in the product because they can. Racial stereotypes are bad (well you know, against groups that stereotypically struggle in US) unless of course there is a positive trait to compensate for it [2]. It's not about matching to real distributions, it's about matching to dreamed picture of the world.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-generative-ai-bias/

[2] https://twitter.com/CornChowder76/status/1760147627134403064