Several contestants in this year's semi-finals will pit their avatars against one another.
The models get 0% of the proceeds for one year and then 10% after that. After interviews and photos of the models, they get around to interviewing the CEOs of the companies doing this, and there’s an unchallenged narrative about why it’s fair and not exploitative. Shame on the BBC.
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
In what fucking way would it be „progressive“?
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
This just seems like it would cause even more body dysphoria than these beauty contests already do. How is this different than just allowing fucking Photoshop? Just creates even more unrealistic body standards
Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Like adding extra fingers?
brsrklf@jlai.lu 4 weeks ago
I am guessing they mean “progressive” as in “including technical progress”, not progressive social views. And, no it’s not either. It’s just marketing the latest way to sell their image to advertisers.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
It could be seen as “forward thinking” in the sense of being open to and accepting of technological progress.
Personally, I think it’s just trend chasing. AI might become deeply useful for many applications someday, but it’s only actually useful for a fraction of what people use it for at the moment.