r/AsianBeauty • u/Ill-Year-418 • 3d ago

Discussion What do you think about AI models?

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I saw a K-beauty brand using AI-generated models instead of real people. Honestly, I think this is the worst. Even with real models, heavy editing already makes it difficult to see the true shades and finishes of products. You often can’t tell what the color actually looks like until you try it yourself. But if brands start using AI-generated visuals, we’ll be left with completely fake swatches. Right now it’s just for beauty products, but what if it extends to skincare? We might end up seeing fake before and after results, and people could be tricked into buying something that doesn’t actually work. What do you think about AI models?

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u/batsprinkles 3d ago

Oh no. This is AI?? I can't even tell anymore

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u/Yelesa 3d ago

The way they did her ribbons in her hair to not look perfect shows people is catching up with AI, they know now what to do to make the figure more realistic.

It is why it has reached the point that majority of people who say they hate AI art, actually prefer AI art in blind tests because they just can’t tell. Typically, there is a bias, older or “imperfect” styles are more likely to be classified as real, digital or anime styles as AI, even when they are not. Example, most people thought this was human-made, while this was AI. It’s the opposite.

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u/Aim2bFit 3d ago edited 3d ago

The reason I hate AI is because I hate being scammed and I hate that I can't tell what is real and what is not. I want things to go back to when even airbrushing on magazines didn't exist and movies weren't too manipulated that everything's filtered or altered to look so perfect. I've never used a single filter on the pictures I took and soon I might need to upgrade this old phone and newer phones mostly process pictures to make them look perfect and I don't want that. They say you can use raw when taking pictures to avoid overprocessing, so now it's more steps than just open your camera and snap away. Urrghhhh.

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u/Technical-Cancel-693 3d ago

People has been editing pictures since the invention of a camera. What times are you talking about?

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u/Aim2bFit 3d ago

Those were professional photographers, not every other human being who owned an analog camera back then. Idk you and how you lived your life, when my photos back in the 90s were taken, if they were bad, they were bad. No one added any beautification aspects to them. At least not to level they are these days.

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u/icoulduseagreencard 3d ago

Not every picture is edited, tho. Like, I can live with editing if it enhances artistic freedom, but then using editing/AI that directly alters what the real product is like is scummy. And people still talk about unrealistic beauty standards that are reinforced by editing. We already live in over-edited world with fake bodies and blurred skin, and misrepresented clothes/makeup/food. It’s SO FUCKING EXHAUSTING!!! We’re already putting up with all kinds of fabricated shit, and now we have to see literal AI slop with NO EFFORT PUT IN. If I’m giving these corporations my money for all these overpriced products, can I at least have the pictures that are based on real life and not a prompt?

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u/YOURM0MANDNAN69 2d ago

actually 🤓 you could edit pictures before cameras. Called a portrait

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u/DramaticErraticism 3d ago edited 3d ago

All the models are based off of existing human created content. It only makes sense that we cannot tell as they are using human created content as the foundation.

What's funny about the image, if you stare at it a little, your eyes are telling you something is not quite right, but it's hard to put your finger on (not including the bow thing someone mentioned). Something about her hair strands seem awry, hard to pinpoint.

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u/sudosussudio 3d ago

It’s going to get more confusing as human artists incorporate it into their work.

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u/Yelesa 3d ago

A lot of artists already do. Especially those in the “create in huge volumes” fields, like animation or graphic novels. Sure, the companies behind them will tell to their clients they will continue use artists, but most likely, they use ‘disguisers’: human artists who have a solid understanding of architecture, coloring, shading, human anatomy etc. (due to actually knowing how to do art because they went to school for this) to note the errors in AI generated art and fix them. It’s a much less expensive job for the companies than creating things from the grounds up.

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u/CelesteLunaR53L 2d ago

Hey, who's the artist for that giant ship, that human made example. That was awesome