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    Translation: we need to hand-tune this to not reflect reality

Is it reflecting reality, though?

Seems to me that (as with any ML stuff, right?) it's reflecting the training corpus.

Futhermore, is it this thing's job to reflect reality?

    the world as we (Caucasian/Asian male American woke 
    upper-middle class San Fransisco engineers) wish it to be

Snarky answer: Ah, yes, let's make sure that things like "A giant cobra snake on a farm. The snake is made out of corn" reflect reality.

Heartfelt answer: Yes, there is some of that wishful thinking or editorializing. I don't consider it to be erasing or denying reality. This is a tool that synthesizes unreality. I don't think that such a tool should, say, refuse to synthesize an image of a female POTUS because one hasn't existed yet. This is art, not a reporting tool... and keep in mind that art not only imitates life but also influences it.

>>JohnBo+(OP)
> Snarky answer: Ah, yes, let's make sure that things like "A giant cobra snake on a farm. The snake is made out of corn" reflect reality.

If it didn't reflect reality, you wouldn't be impressed by the image of the snake made of corn.

>>nomel+y2
Pardon? The snake made of corn most certainly does not reflect reality: snakes made out of corn do not exist.