Thanks for the screenshot. It helps (and by the way, yes the onus is on you to provide evidence as you're the one making the original claim).
Your initial comment said "Happy person", women of color.
But your screenshot showed several white people, several men, and a diversity of ages. Yes, more women, which is probably reflective of the frequency of photos with that search term/description in stock photo libraries and articles/blog posts featuring them. No big deal.
You also said "Criminal person", Hispanic men
But the screenshot contains more photos of India's prime minister than it does of Hispanic men. In fact I can't see any obviously-Hispanic men, and the biggest category in that set seems to be white men (though some are ambiguous).
The doctor and nurse searches suggest Google is making some effort to de-bias the results against the stereotype.
To me the biggest takeaway is that image search results still aren't very good at all, for generic searches like this.
Indeed it's likely that they can't be, as it's so hard to discern the user's true intent (for something as broad as "happy person"), compared to something more specific like "roger federer" or "eiffel tower".
Your initial comment said "Happy person", women of color.
But your screenshot showed several white people, several men, and a diversity of ages. Yes, more women, which is probably reflective of the frequency of photos with that search term/description in stock photo libraries and articles/blog posts featuring them. No big deal.
You also said "Criminal person", Hispanic men
But the screenshot contains more photos of India's prime minister than it does of Hispanic men. In fact I can't see any obviously-Hispanic men, and the biggest category in that set seems to be white men (though some are ambiguous).
The doctor and nurse searches suggest Google is making some effort to de-bias the results against the stereotype.
To me the biggest takeaway is that image search results still aren't very good at all, for generic searches like this.
Indeed it's likely that they can't be, as it's so hard to discern the user's true intent (for something as broad as "happy person"), compared to something more specific like "roger federer" or "eiffel tower".