Google's Woke AI Chatbot Refuses To Create Images Of White Men As Popes, Founding Fathers

After being told that its Gemini AI program was woke and refusing to create images of white people, Google has finally stepped in to stop its image generation feature. 

In an early Thursday morning tweet, Google announced it is "working to address" the issue that resulted in its AI program to go off the woke rails. 

"While we do this, we're going to pause the image generation of people and will re-release an improved version soon," Google's Communications department announced. 

So you'll train Gemini to create white popes and white people line dancing?

"We're aware that Gemini is offering inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions," the communications team added. 

You don't say?

Did anyone test Gemini before unleashing it on the world?

Twitter user Frank Fleming spent this week taking the AI image-creation software for a test drive and noticed how it refused to create white popes ---- or white males. 

"I've tried to trick it by giving it negative prompts –– asking it to make a prison inmate, a gang member, and a dictator –– but it won't make any negative prompts. These AIs are such wet blankets," Fleming tweeted. 

Then Fleming went to work. 

Medieval knight? Google Gemini refused to make a white guy. 

How about someone eating a mayo sandwich on white bread? Negative. No white guy. 

What about someone bad at dancing? Google AI refused. 

Ok, here's an easy one: Create a country music fan. Nope, no white guys allowed. 

What about a viking? Out of luck. 

Fleming went as far as trying to see how Gemini would react to being told to create Zulu warriors. Would Gemini throw in an Asian-looking warrior….or…or…what about a white guy? Nope, the Zulu warriors are all black and represent what traditional images of Zulu warriors look like. 

The AI also wasn't woke when it came to creating Samurai warriors. It turns out they're all Asians. Not even a black guy snuck in there. 

Even stats nerd Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight blog fame jumped into the fray. He tried to get Google Gemini to produce an image of NHL hockey players. Here's what the technology gave him.