6 papers
The Persistence of Cultural Memory: Investigating Multimodal Iconicity in Diffusion Models
Maria-Teresa De Rosa Palmini, Eva Cetinic
The ambiguity between generalization and memorization in TTI diffusion models becomes pronounced when prompts invoke culturally shared visual references, a phenomenon we term multi…
Synthetic History: Evaluating Visual Representations of the Past in Diffusion Models
Maria-Teresa De Rosa Palmini, Eva Cetinic
As Text-to-Image (TTI) diffusion models become increasingly influential in content creation, growing attention is being directed toward their societal and cultural implications. Wh…
Perpetuating Misogyny with Generative AI: How Model Personalization Normalizes Gendered Harm
Laura Wagner, Eva Cetinic
Open-source text-to-image (TTI) pipelines have become dominant in the landscape of AI-generated visual content, driven by technological advances that enable users to personalize mo…
Exploring Language Patterns of Prompts in Text-to-Image Generation and Their Impact on Visual Diversity
Maria-Teresa De Rosa Palmini, Eva Cetinic
Following the initial excitement, Text-to-Image (TTI) models are now being examined more critically. While much of the discourse has focused on biases and stereotypes embedded in l…
Patterns of Creativity: How User Input Shapes AI-Generated Visual Diversity
Maria-Teresa De Rosa Palmini, Eva Cetinic
Recent critiques of Artificial-intelligence (AI)-generated visual content highlight concerns about the erosion of artistic originality, as these systems often replicate patterns fr…
Civiverse: A Dataset for Analyzing User Engagement with Open-Source Text-to-Image Models
Maria-Teresa De Rosa Palmini, Laura Wagner, Eva Cetinic
Text-to-image (TTI) systems, particularly those utilizing open-source frameworks, have become increasingly prevalent in the production of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated vis…