Rankin: Why when I asked AI to create most of the gods are they men?
ChatGPT: Because AI is trained on historical biases and for most of history, men have dominated storytelling, art and religion. The majority of gods worshipped in major religions, especially the ones that have shaped Western civilisation, are male. These datasets, which AI learns from, are soaked in patriarchal narratives, making AI default to the same patterns. Even in polytheistic traditions where goddesses exist, they're often sidelined in favour of their male counterparts. AI isn't making a conscious choice, it's regurgitating what it has absorbed from centuries of lopsided representation.
Written by ChatGPT
SYNTHOS by Midjourney
