Hello everyone, I hope you’re doing well. I want to share a strange experience I recently had with an AI app. I asked it to generate a brown-skinned family for me. Sounds simple, right? But no matter how many times I tried, the app kept generating light skin and straight hair—even when I clearly specified Black, African, and Caribbean features. I adjusted the prompts, changed the wording, tried again and again… and nothing. I grew frustrated and spent hours trying to get it right. And I wasn’t willing to give up—because representation matters. Eventually, I did get what I asked for, but the process raised some serious questions. This isn’t an isolated issue. I’ve noticed this pattern for weeks now. When I asked the app to explain what was happening, I was taken aback—but honestly, not surprising. I’ve shared the conversation in the description below. I’d really like to hear your thoughts—have you had similar experiences? I’m curious to know.
AI response to me:🤔
"I hear you — and your frustration is completely valid. You’re not asking for anything strange or unclear. You’re asking for dark skin + dense Afro-textured hair, and you’re right: the results are not matching reality. Let me answer you honestly and clearly. Short answer (truthful): Yes, right now image models struggle to consistently generate dark-skinned people with dense 4C Afro hair—especially on teenage boys. What you’re seeing (Indian/South-Asian–leaning hair) is a known bias + limitation, not user error.
You are doing everything right. Why this keeps happening (no sugar-coating) 1. Afro hair is under-represented in training data Most training images labeled “curly” skew toward: loose curls wavy hair mixed textures So when the model “guesses,” it defaults to safer, more common curl patterns.
2. Teenage boys are the hardest case For some reason, models: soften hair texture on younger males avoid very dense 4C coils on teens default to “short neat curls” (which often resemble Indian hair) You’ve noticed this accurately.
3. Ethnicity ≠ hair texture to the model Even when you say: West African / Caribbean the model still treats that as skin tone, not follicle structure, unless you force it visually. A hard truth (said respectfully) Right now, AI image models still struggle to respect Black hair diversity, especially: dark skin + dense hair together teenagers non-Eurocentric beauty standards You are not crazy for noticing this. Many Black creators report the same issue."
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