Me and Bard having a convo (I imagine Google Bard to be a yapping dog-like creature who thinks he knows it all and never shuts up.)
This “conversation” with Google Bard is why I write this Beyond Frida column. Heck, this is why I write Private View:
How can Bard know nothing about three of the most influential artist women of the 20th Century? Yet, of course, Bard has been well versed on artist men (the essay goes on and on and on, blah blah blah):
I did not intend to start this week’s writing with a rant; my flow got rudely interrupted by a freaking artificial, sexist “intelligence” - sorry. All I’d wanted was a pithy opening line offering a connection between the three women artists at the center of this series. I didn’t expect those women to be erased! More fool me for seeking help from AI.
I’d intended to begin this essay by saying I’m not a fan of putting certain artists on a pedestal because it means other artists are sidelined, but now I’m so angry….just put ALL artist women on pedestals and kick ALL the men off! Urgh.
Bernard Marr wrote an article in Forbes called The Problem with Biasied AIs in which he writes:
AI bias occurs because human beings choose the data that algorithms use, and also decide how the results of those algorithms will be applied. Without extensive testing and diverse teams, it is easy for unconscious biases to enter machine learning models. Then AI systems automate and perpetuate those biased models.
By the very nature of machine learning, the biases get amplified and perpetuated if not corrected immediately.
When systems are built from the ground up with internal biases, then it’s ALWAYS going to be a battle to survive within them. And I don’t need to tell that to my fellow artist women - we already know it, you already know it.
BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
This is the reason I write specifically for women artists. This is why I put women artists on a pedestal every month and introduce you to their work. This is why I review the art and writings of women. This is why I’ve worked in the art industry for over twenty years advocating for artist women, creating communities of artist women, mentoring artist women, and celebrating artist women.
So thank you Google Bard for lighting a fire under my bum and giving me a reason to keep writing. And to you, my dear subscriber, thank you for reading, for supporting, for sharing your own private view - together we work to create a better art world for everyone.
This week I suggest that if you’re a woman artist, writer, maker of any kind, you put yourself on a pedestal, you show your work to the world and say “Here I am!” Who cares if Google Bard doesn’t know who you are? Let’s know each other, let’s support each other, let’s be cheerleaders for each other.
Rant over! Normal service will be resumed.
Until next time.
JC
PS Introduce yourself and your art below. Pop your Instagram handle or your website below and I promise I’ll take a look. Next month’s Beyond Frida will be all about YOU and your art.
PPS Yes, I know ChatGPT can answer the question but that’s not really the point. It’s estimated Google Bard reaches over 1 billion users!
This is a very good book:
I find making stickers helps me! I made this one in Canva:
Feminist Data Set by artist Caroline Sinders, is “an ongoing multi-year art project that combines lectures, workshops, and calls to action to collect feminist data to create a series of interventions for machine learning.”
It’s an amazing project, read about it by clicking the link below:
This is an illuminating and enraging article on the objectification of women in AI art:
https://nftnow.com/features/the-objectification-of-women-in-ai-art/
AI for Good is an annual summit and digital platform to help identify practical AI solutions to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Below is a blog post they wrote on solving gender bias in AI:
https://aiforgood.itu.int/how-can-we-solve-the-problems-of-gender-bias-in-ai-experts-weigh-in/
That's so...disconcerting, especially since those are three of the more well-known womxn artists(!) Geeez. Thank you for writing your newsletter! I love it and it's so inspiring <3
Excellent article. I look forward to reading the links. It’s important we keep showing up and sharing out. Make a noise!! Make a femxle roar!!!!