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AI is really showing it's racism.
I saw a series of AI photos based on books description vs. the movies version of the Hunger Games characters.
It made Cinna a white blonde European man while the only thing that was ever described about Cinna's physical appearance in the books was his eyes.
The AI automatically filled the gaps of information with white blonde man that frankly looked so boring.
I'm not surprised by the fact that AI is racist and is making shitty art I'm just surprised about how fucking blant it's racism is. It's not even trying to hide it.
I heard there were people who complained Cinna's casting was "blackwashing"??? His colour was never described in the books stfu.
I personally always imagined Cinna as poc years before I even heard there were movies (I specifically imagined him Asian for some reason, with gorgeous dark hair). His casting choice as poc made perfect sense for me.
He is supposed to stand out between all the capitol people who are mostly rich classist prejudice people so yeah making him poc is a great way of making him stand out and more unic, contrast him to the other prejudice people.
Making him another white blonde European man would be so fucking boring.
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