Are AI-generated images perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards?
<p>If you’ve ever toyed around with AI photo-generating apps, you may have noticed a trend emerging — especially when asking the technology to depict realistic-looking humans.</p>
<p>The trend I’m referring to is that all AI-generated humans seem to be stunningly beautiful — borderline perfect, in fact — despite visually flawless individuals rarely being a part of our day-to-day lives.</p>
<p>Take, for example, the below image.</p>
<p>I requested Midjourney to create a photo for an <a href="https://medium.com/@bdajess/how-gen-z-has-forced-the-luxury-beauty-industry-to-change-dcd98cc54aae" rel="noopener">article</a> about young people forcing the beauty industry to change. The prompt was something along the lines of ‘a diverse group of Gen Z teens wearing creative and colourful makeup.’</p>
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