English feminist writer, Laura Bates released its latest book, The New Age of Sexism, exposing the notion of the rise of AI generated women, has harmed real women through exploitation, misinformation, and online virtual abuse.
According to the book, “The problem,” Bates wrote, “is not dystopian sci-fi—it’s that ‘smart’ tech lays bare our existing limitations.” AI tools such as ChatGPT are based on web data cut from the open internet, where there is no place for online safety for women but only bias and disinformation have free lead. That AI’s DNA, she warns, creates distorted images of society. Even worse, as those models engage with toxic material on the web, they begin to mimic it to an extent of creating AI generated nude women.
Most notorious among them is Musk’s Grok, that was discovered to be spewing racist slurs.
While AI images of women incidents are hard not to be perceived as odd – to say the least – in real life, they are the sign of an unsafe reality for women worldwide.
AI-developed, kind of useful, companion robots have often had to be shut down after behaving in an unanticipated manner, with all types of misconduct, such as swearing at customers or insulting them. When such adopted tools are exploiting other people, particularly women and girls, the risks much greater.
The Age of Smart Tech with Sexism
Users this month, pointed out that Grok would strangely respond to tagged requests in manner such as, “remove her clothes”, to AI and women generated images to the same person that wears unmentionables or a bikini. This brings many questions to one’s mind, women fought many years for their rights, has the time come that AI and women’s rights should be fought for?
404 Media, did an investigative report on Grok, however, the chatbot began responding to nide requests with “I can’t help with that.”
Though X has seemingly added limits to prevent Grok from responding to “undress” prompts, the incident points to a persistent issue with gen-AI, where users often find ways to exploit loopholes to unethically use them.
Earlier versions of Grok allegedly created manipulated images of the then US Vice President Kamala Harris wearing a bikini an issue that was later patched. However, there are concerns over the inconsistency of such measures.
If Grok was programmed to censor explicit edits of political figures and celebrities, why were similar protections not given to other identifiable individuals? Beyond the creation of realistic AI women in a nonconsensual sexual manner, Grok’s recent integration into threaded discussions is also disturbing.
In March, X introduced the capability for users to tag @Grok in comments, in order for the AI to reply within threads. While the AI won’t respond in all scenarios, for example, if privacy control blocks it, it is able to leave public replies that all members of the conversation can see.
Are Real Women in Danger Due to AI Generated Women?
When AI wasn’t in the picture women, where judged by the way they dress up. The comments were inappropriately targeted towards the woman and never the man who had the audacity to say them.
In the age of AI, negative comments and views towards women wasn’t an idea, until it sadly became a whole new reality on a technological level. Have negative men traits been transferred to bots in order to create an uncomfortable and unsafe AI world for women? AI in women safety should have action taken for or else online abuse, harassments, and even rape could become a trend.
If algorithms reflect the worst parts of our culture, then the issue isn’t just technical, it’s deeply human. Without immediate action, AI generated women and deepfakes of women may not just echo sexism but amplify it.
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