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A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month (fortune.com)
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A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month::Founder Rubén Cruz said AI model Aitana was so convincing that a famous Latin actor asked her on a date.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They have all the imperfections that the artists want them to have. They age as much or as little as they are made to. That's not so different from human celebrity personas. Sometimes we get a Paparazzi photo, showing how they really look, but is that occasional reality check so different from rationally knowing that it is all fantasy?

(I say "rationally knowing" because one criticism of unrealistic beauty is that it may be shifting our unconscious knowledge of what is normal. If that is true, then rational knowledge is not helpful.)

Even tho the influences project an fake front, you can still be them, as they are real.

I think this goes to the heart of the argument. I don't think that is good.

Influencers (and other celebrities) typically portray themselves as being happy and well-adjusted, living exciting and fulfilling lives; all while being surrounded by luxury products with generous marketing departments. I don't think that the idea that you could actually be such a person is psychologically beneficial to anyone (except those brands, obvs).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t think that is good.

No one here is saying they think this is good. Just the fact that, because a human has done it, it is something actually attainable by a human. If you remove the human, you remove that logical conclusion.

But to make myself abundantly clear, I think far too often influencers are trash doing a lot of harm to society, especially due to the deception about their contentedness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just the fact that, because a human has done it, it is something actually attainable by a human.

I think I am misunderstanding something. It is not attainable to be a person like influencers typically pretend to be. It's only possible to be a pretender, just like it's possible to be a CGI artist creating AI imagery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They still have the shackles of being an actual human.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Can you give me an example of how that makes the difference? I mentioned Paparazzi pics earlier.