{"id":8233,"date":"2022-12-09T06:39:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/the-inherent-misogyny-of-ai-portraits-amelia-earhart-rendered-naked-on-a-bed\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T06:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:39:35","slug":"the-inherent-misogyny-of-ai-portraits-amelia-earhart-rendered-naked-on-a-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/the-inherent-misogyny-of-ai-portraits-amelia-earhart-rendered-naked-on-a-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"The inherent misogyny of AI portraits \u2013 Amelia Earhart rendered naked on a bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hugely popular Lensa AI app creates portraits based on image prompts, but users say it sexualizes them unnecessarily <\/p>\n<p>Officially, the Lensa AI app creates \u201cmagic avatars\u201d that turn a user\u2019s selfies into lushly-stylized works of art. It\u2019s been touted by celebrities such as Chance the Rapper, Tommy Dorfman, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Britney Spears\u2019 husband, Sam Asghari. But for many women the app does more than just spit out a pretty picture: the final results are highly sexualized, padding women\u2019s breasts and turning their bodies into hourglass physiques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it just me or are these AI selfie generator apps perpetuating misogyny?\u201d tweeted Brandee Barker, a feminist and advocate who has worked in the tech industry. \u201cHere are a few I got just based off of photos of my face.\u201d One of Barker\u2019s results showed her wearing supermodel-length hair extensions and a low-cut catsuit. Another featured her in a white bra with cleavage spilling out from the top.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/dec\/09\/lensa-ai-portraits-misogyny\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d7040f993e65f3aa42136d0f41e0edf5926053db\/435_0_3885_2332\/master\/3885.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c14cbf055d13e41e5b1fead5bc48ed6c\" title=\"The inherent misogyny of AI portraits \u2013 Amelia Earhart rendered naked on a bed\" \/>The hugely popular Lensa AI app creates portraits based on image prompts, but users say it sexualizes them unnecessarily<br \/>\nOfficially, the Lensa AI app creates \u201cmagic avatars\u201d that turn a user\u2019s selfies into lushly-stylized works of art. It\u2019s been touted by celebrities such as Chance the Rapper, Tommy Dorfman, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Britney Spears\u2019 husband, Sam Asghari. But for many women the app does more than just spit out a pretty picture: the final results are highly sexualized, padding women\u2019s breasts and turning their bodies into hourglass physiques.<br \/>\n\u201cIs it just me or are these AI selfie generator apps perpetuating misogyny?\u201d tweeted Brandee Barker, a feminist and advocate who has worked in the tech industry. \u201cHere are a few I got just based off of photos of my face.\u201d One of Barker\u2019s results showed her wearing supermodel-length hair extensions and a low-cut catsuit. Another featured her in a white bra with cleavage spilling out from the top. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hugely popular Lensa AI app creates portraits based on image prompts, but users say it sexualizes them unnecessarily Officially, the Lensa AI app creates \u201cmagic avatars\u201d that turn a user\u2019s selfies into lushly-stylized works of art. It\u2019s been touted by celebrities such as Chance the Rapper, Tommy Dorfman, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Britney Spears\u2019 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/the-inherent-misogyny-of-ai-portraits-amelia-earhart-rendered-naked-on-a-bed\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The inherent misogyny of AI portraits \u2013 Amelia Earhart rendered naked on a bed<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}