Generative AI : a problematic illustration of the intersections of race, gender and class

This commentary investigates how generative AI tools such as DALL-E can create imagery which (re)produce racist, gendered and classist representations of peoples. Drawing on prompts entered across three time periods into DALL-E, I employ algorithmic coloniality as a conceptual framework, together with critical visual analysis, critical race semiotics and intersectionality to examine the images created. This analysis shows that, despite advances in photorealism, DALL-E persistently reproduces the