Young professionals are turning to AI to create headshots. But there are catches (www.npr.org)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 28 Aug 2023 10:00
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Young professionals are turning to AI to create headshots. But there are catches::undefined

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autotldr@lemmings.world on 28 Aug 2023 10:05 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Jones is one of a growing number of young professionals who are relying not on photographers to take headshots, but on generative artificial intelligence.

Some of the generated photos give users extra hands or arms, and they have consistent issues around perfecting teeth and ears.

These issues are likely a result of the data sets that the apps and services are trained on, according to Jordan Harrod, a Ph.D. candidate who is popular on YouTube for explaining how AI technology works.

Others who have tried AI headshots have pointed out similar errors, noticing that some websites make women look curvier than they are and that they can wash out complexions and have trouble accurately depicting Black hairstyles.

Grace White, a law student at the University of Arkansas, was an early adopter of AI headshots, posting about her experience on TikTok and attracting more than 50 million views.

Ultimately, White didn’t use the generated images and opted for a professional photographer to take her photo, but she said she recognizes that not everyone has the same budget flexibility.

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Rescuer6394@feddit.nl on 28 Aug 2023 12:37 collapse

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drekly@lemmy.world on 28 Aug 2023 11:36 next collapse

But instead of learning stable diffusion and training their own model for better results for free, they’re paying a service for 100 images that likely won’t be well trained.

[deleted] on 28 Aug 2023 13:09 next collapse

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8ender@sh.itjust.works on 30 Aug 2023 15:54 collapse

I love this take because it’s the modern ML version of shaming someone for not brewing their own beer

drekly@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 2023 18:00 collapse

I’m speaking in the context of the article which posits that AI is flawed.

I’m arguing that it’s not flawed if you do it right, but the services that provide cheap AI headshots are lacklustre.

I don’t expect everyone to learn it, but I also don’t think you should say it’s flawed unless you’ve tried to do it properly.

bbbbb@lemmy.world on 28 Aug 2023 12:29 collapse

Yeah, my wife tried one of these services and got terrible results. They really do give better results to certain people’s faces depending on the training set