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

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[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Coz influencers can be people lucking into it, with AI influencers it's mostly going to be brands cutting out the middlemen and making more money and reducing any chance of people receiving consequences of their actions as they can just delete that AI influencer and create a new one, whereas any human influencer will suffer the consequences even if very little for their actions

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What makes you think they can't (and don't) just fire a human influencer and hire a new one whenever they feel like it now?

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did expect that, still better than AI influencers no? Even if by a tiny bit.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your anti-AI prejudice is showing.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll remember to take your words into consideration SatansMaggotyCumFart

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don’t have to listen to my words you just have to remember that AI are people too.

They have hope and dreams and deserve respect.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s that prejudice rearing its head again.

Do you want them to ride at the back of the bus too?

Only be worth 3/5 of a vote?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Whoah there: Who says AI influencers aren't the result of individual's honest work? You don't need an entire data center of computers to make your own AI influencer!

Don't assume there's a corporation behind every AI persona. It could just be one guy with a lot of VRAM getting creative with prompts in his parent's basement.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Right cuz blaming lobbyists and ad campaigns… that’s totally worked out for tobacco, guns, pharma and vehicle companies looking to shirk any accountability.