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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Who will the ugly feminists and fatties blame for thin attractive models if they are fabrications by an AI algorithm?
“LaLaLand”, eh . . .?
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.
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!
Need a new pair of jeans — thanks for reminding me not to buy ‘em from Levi’s.
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? )))
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