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AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans (arstechnica.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Replaced implies some, likely many humans won't be able to compete and will be driven out of the field. Not by any other more skillful artist, but simply by AI output. Which is an inevitability. Some might say it's already happening.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If it does, that's progress. As you stated, it's inevitable. Anytime technology leaps forward, some will lose while others prosper. I'm sure when automobiles started to surge, the amount of horse breeders declined a bit.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The difference is that when it comes to intellectual, creative and communication work, we aren't the coachmen and breeders, we are the horses. After horses were no longer needed, what happened to them was very different.