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Computer-generated inclusivity: fashion turns to ‘diverse’ AI models
The Guardian (UK) ^ | Mon 3 Apr 2023 | Alaina Demopoulos

Posted on 04/04/2023 5:07:43 AM PDT by Salman

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The model is AI-generated, a digital rendering of a human being that will start appearing on Levi’s e-commerce website later this year. The brand teamed with LaLaLand.ai, a digital studio that makes customized AI models for companies like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, to dream up this avatar.

Amy Gershkoff Bolles, Levi’s global head of digital and emerging technology strategy, announced the model’s debut at a Business of Fashion event in March. AI models will not completely replace the humans, she said, but will serve as a “supplement” intended to aid in the brand’s representation of various sizes, skin tones and ages.

“When we say supplement, we mean the AI-generated models can be used in conjunction with human models to potentially expand the number of models per product,” a Levi’s spokesperson said. “We are excited about a world where consumers can see more models on our site, potentially reflecting any combination of body type, age, size, race and ethnicity, enabling us to create a more personal and inclusive shopping experience.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: ai; diversity
New frontiers in fakery.
1 posted on 04/04/2023 5:07:43 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Who will the ugly feminists and fatties blame for thin attractive models if they are fabrications by an AI algorithm?


2 posted on 04/04/2023 5:10:48 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Salman

“LaLaLand”, eh . . .?


3 posted on 04/04/2023 5:22:36 AM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: Salman; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; gundog
Even AI couldn't come up with this.


4 posted on 04/04/2023 5:23:52 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Salman
Diverse = Anything but White. Apparently.

5 posted on 04/04/2023 5:28:25 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Salman

This AI experiment will not end well. Once man’s arrogance brings himself to the point where he believes he is God and proceeds to create artificial sentient beings he will reap the whirlwind of his folly, which will be his own destruction.


6 posted on 04/04/2023 5:57:07 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Salman

I am sure the ‘deep fake’ technology available today will be used in a political campaign sooner or later. I fully expect the left to release a commercial showing Trump sodomizing an animal. Although after thinking about that for a moment a picture of Trump sodomizing a donkey might be a big seller!


7 posted on 04/04/2023 6:39:32 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: Salman

Need a new pair of jeans — thanks for reminding me not to buy ‘em from Levi’s.


8 posted on 04/04/2023 6:43:10 AM PDT by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: Salman

And before you could blink your eyes, companies stopped hiring the services of expensive live models and started hiring CGI programmers from India at sub-minimum wage.

Ain’t life grand? )))


9 posted on 04/04/2023 8:05:55 AM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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