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It is hard to write objective captions for sensitive photos. Is it ethical to use AI to combat our own bias and keep a neutral tone?

I like to take pictures while traveling. While living in Qatar in 2012 - 2016, I photographed nature, architecture, street cats and the massive construction boom. Recently, I tried to organize my pictures of migrant construction workers into an essay. To make captions, I looked up about this topic on Google, but had difficulty presenting this information. If I just write what I saw like "Workers resting on blocks, Feb. 2014", then the photos lose all their meaning. But when I tried to infer more context, it sounded too political, emotional, or accusatory.

So I used AI to stabilize the tone. I provided my photos, metadata, and personal notes to help write purely observational captions. Then, these expanded captions were organized by AI into an essay.

Most AI photography debates focus on generating fake images, not using it as a text editor for sensitive documentary work. How do you handle writing captions without letting your own bias take over? Would you consider using AI to neutralize your tone, or does that cross an ethical line?

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