Brands are turning to hyper-realistic, AI-generated influencers for promotions.

AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans::Brands are turning to hyper-realistic, AI-generated influencers for promotions.

    • clearleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Are there any that are real in the sense that they contribute something of value to society?

      • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Even doctors are liable to be replaced by AI. I don’t know what counts as “something of value to society” to you, and frankly that’s the sort of argument that is never worth having. But generally speaking, it doesn’t get much more valuable for society than doctors.

        • clearleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Being a doctor would be a real job, but the only jobs I’ve seen actually getting replaced are things like clickbait content farms, scams, marketing, exploitive gambling-centric video games, and other such garbage. Unlike being a doctor it’s never been hard to shit that stuff out into the world. And since these neural networks aren’t actually that good, I’ll believe they can replace doctors when I see it.

            • SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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              9 months ago

              Replaced implies humans are no longer writing or creating art, which obviously isn’t the case. They just have more competition now.

              • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                9 months ago

                Replaced implies some, likely many humans won’t be able to compete and will be driven out of the field. Not by any other more skillful artist, but simply by AI output. Which is an inevitability. Some might say it’s already happening.

                • SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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                  9 months ago

                  If it does, that’s progress. As you stated, it’s inevitable. Anytime technology leaps forward, some will lose while others prosper. I’m sure when automobiles started to surge, the amount of horse breeders declined a bit.

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                  • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    9 months ago

                    The difference is that when it comes to intellectual, creative and communication work, we aren’t the coachmen and breeders, we are the horses. After horses were no longer needed, what happened to them was very different.

            • clearleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              9 months ago

              I’ve seen some pretty interesting images and some funny text but nothing that amounts to a big enough vision that it’s something cohesive like a complete movie or a book. I’ve seen Joel Haver videos but those aren’t made by pushing a button and getting a video.