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Seems reasonable. I assume the future version of this is generating a model based on the user - either client side with a local model or maybe you have a vector that your browser shares that represents what you want to look like and websites or ads can incorporate your (preferred) appearance into their image generations.

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Well unless Levi's also makes the pants that the AI generates it's just horseshit isn't it?

> Well unless Levi's also makes the pants that the AI generates it's just horseshit isn't it?

That's an excellent point. While a human model may not "look like you," at least he's wearing an instance of the actual product you're going to buy. Who knows how what the AI model is shown to be "wearing" relates to that.

That's a fun idea, but given what we know about the advertising industry and late capitalism, it's more likely that they'll collect our appearance without our knowledge or consent, and use it to make really ugly caricatures of us that emphasize our features of greatest sensitivity and insecurity, to make us feel bad about ourselves and feel like we need to buy something to compensate for our shortcomings.

"Nice nose, Pinnochio, now buy some pants you ugly sack of shit!"

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