Agreed, AI just like all media, has the biggest question of “is it fueling bias’s, or just reflecting them”. It’s drawing what people think of when they see something.
It isn’t racist for me to say, getting pulled over for no reason is far more likely if your skin is darker, it’s just what society is.
and that’s of course before we talk about the general discussion of actually effective ways to deal with obesity in society… which is more complicated. Obviously directly shaming, has a negative impact. Making someone with an eating disorder feel shitty about themselves, makes it harder to overcome the disorder. At the same time saying it’s not a problem for them to face at all is also not going to help them want to change.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The term fatphobia in general always irked me, it’s a co-opting of phobias usage with homophobia and feels like it’s trying to elevate itself to that level.
Glitchvid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There are definitely folk who see obese people as an acceptable target because they can hide behind (valid) health claims, and then justify their moral superiority because they don’t have those “personal failures”.
The litmus test is if they think Semaglutide/GLP-1 is “legitimate” or obese people using it are “cheating”.