{"id":16946,"date":"2022-11-15T14:55:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T19:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/?post_type=hck-submission&#038;p=16946"},"modified":"2022-11-15T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T19:57:41","slug":"religious-ai","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/religious-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>I was intrigued to investigate how AI depicts one of humanity&#8217;s most divisive yet pervasive topics: religion. First, I inputted  the word &#8220;religion&#8221; and got the following output:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-21-945x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-21-945x1024.png 945w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-21-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-21-768x833.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-21-553x600.png 553w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-21.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At first glance, it is quite obvious that the AI&#8217;s depiction of the concept of religion is western-centric and rooted in Christian theology, given the prevalence of the Christian symbol of the cross. Similarly, I inputted the word &#8220;God&#8221; and got the following result, which is arguably also tilted towards Christian interpretations of God, Jesus Christ, and heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-23.png 755w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-23-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/image-23-554x600.png 554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christians are the largest religious group worldwide, but still represent only 25% of the world population. I wonder, how can we make sure that data scientists and ML researchers tweak their algorithms to make sure that highly fragmented data sets (such as, say, the religious distribution of humankind) are equally weighted in AI decision-making instead of over indexing in the largest minority?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does AI represent religion and God? 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