Jan 3 • General discussion
AI Photos - The subtle shame of the game
Over the past two weeks I saw a lot of communities (many led by women) playing the game of create glamor photos with AI.
I played along with one just to see how it works. After all, I do love tech. But when the first photo came out it looked nothing like the me I see myself as.
The prompt said don't change the face but do add makeup, make the hair pretty and all the other things that many of us have been conditioned to think of as beauty and therefore worth.
I hated the photo so much I refused to post it. But I did post the original "just me" selfie that the photo was based on. Then said why the glamor photo was just not what I was comfortable with.
The whole experience made me think if you and the lovely conversations we had while doing our AI Ethics homework.
Some see it as just a bit of fun and no harm. But I would argue that yes it is fun to play with the tech, but why do we feel the need to play with the tech in that way. So many women in the group I am talking about have never posted a photo of themselves before because they did not feel like they were enough just as they are. But this did post a AI enhanced version.
I feel like there is some subtle shame in this game because it leads to the thought that we have to do the glamor shots and be something other than the regular us to be seen and valued.
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AI Photos - The subtle shame of the game
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