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Why AI resorts to stereotypes when it is role-playing humans

The often stereotyped and offensive responses from AI chatbots role-playing as humans can be explained by flaws in how large language models attempt to portray demographic identities

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 29: Pro Affirmative Action supporters and and counter protestors shout at each outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court Justices ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional, setting precedent for affirmative action in other universities and colleges. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Building a true meritocracy means removing barriers, not ignoring them

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The psychologist exposing the mental gymnastics that conceal racism

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The psychologist exposing the mental gymnastics that conceal racism

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�鶹��ý recommends Systemic: How racism is making us ill

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Layal Liverpool: 'Racism is the most dangerous public health threat'

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Race is a social construct, but racism can cause real biological harm

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Race is a social construct, but racism can cause real biological harm

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OpenAI’s chatbot shows racial bias in advising home buyers and renters

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AI chatbots use racist stereotypes even after anti-racism training

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 17: A statue of J. Marion Sims, a surgeon celebrated by many as the father of modern gynecology, is driven away in a Parks Department truck after being taken down from its pedestal at Central Park and East 103rd Street on April 17, 2018 in New York City. A New York City panel decided to move the controversial statue after groups demanded its removal as many of Sims medical breakthroughs came from experimenting on black slaves without anesthesia. The statue will be relocated in Green-Wood Cemetery in Windsor Terrace, where Sims is buried. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Divided review: Why we must eliminate racism from Western healthcare

A legacy of racism in Western medicine means healthcare is badly in need of decolonising. Annabel Sowemimo's book sets out why

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One in 10 US Black men put in solitary confinement before turning 32

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Medicine must stop using race and ethnicity to interpret test results

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Kidney test adjustment based on ethnicity cut from UK medical guidance

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How medical tests have built-in discrimination against Black people

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