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The study aims to understand how generative AI represents aging and the cultural implications of these representations.

March 21, 2026

"Successful Aging" with Generative AI: Cultural and Ethical Challenges in Representing Aging through Synthetic Imagery.

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Critiques generative AI's imagery of aging in East Asian contexts, suggesting ethical improvements for representation.

The study aims to understand how generative AI represents aging and the cultural implications of these representations.
Analyzed 288 images generated by Midjourney using different prompts related to aging.
Designed 36 prompts grouped into minimal descriptive, scene-based, and value-coded categories.
Utilized critical visual experimentation focusing on gender, class, and aging themes.
Identified gendered aesthetic norms in AI-generated imagery.
Exposed class-coded relational tropes present in synthetic representations.
Found algorithmic failures linked to ageist language in generated images.

Chen et al. (2026) studied this question.

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