AI opens ‘endless’ doors for fashion models, closes others

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A good read on the pros and cons of AI....

critics fear AI will render many professionals – including models, make-up artists and photographers – obsolete, and could risk promoting an artificial standard of beauty.

CDLP co-founder Christian Larson said: “We are a very small company. I cannot go to a house in Beverly Hills and shoot a campaign.”....“real” photography has limitations. “The sun will set and the light will disappear, and the budget will run out,” he said. But with AI, “you dive into this black hole of endless options”.

Preparing an advertising campaign involving a photo shoot in the French Alps for ski eyewear would normally take several months to complete and could cost €35,000 (S$49,000). But it can be done virtually for just €500 in a few days

critical of brands which use AI images created from databases found on the internet without paying the model,.... Models also face being duplicated virtually without their knowledge

AI model is “timeless”. “There is no expiration for my AI... it’s timeless. Somewhere out there in the world, my AI will always be young to me, even when I’m old.

Qns:

1. Has digital media made artists worse off? (ACJC Prelim 2024)

2. Assess the view that technology has ruined the arts industry. (TJC Prelim 2024)

3. To what extent should we be concerned with AI developments today? (VJC Prelim 2024)