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"Draw me a curator" Examining the visual stereotyping of a cultural services profession by generative AI
Dirk HR Spennemann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07132 https://…

"Draw me a curator" Examining the visual stereotyping of a cultural services profession by generative AI
Based on 230 visualisations, this paper examines the depiction of museum curators by the popular generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model, ChatGPT4o. While the AI-generated representations do not reiterate popular stereotypes of curators as nerdy, conservative in dress and stuck in time rummaging through collections, they contrast sharply with real-world demographics. AI-generated imagery extremely underrepresents women (3.5% vs 49% to 72% in reality) and disregards ethnic communities othe…