First, there was PHOTOSHOP!
Marie Claire Magazine, claiming to support real women and real body sizes, ran a survey in 2010 to see, which body size 6,8, 10, 12, 14 or 16, was preferred by the Australian public. There she is below, 59% of readers voted for Size 12.
Size 12
See the Mathspig Post: How they photoshop supermodels’ legs here.
In the same issue, the model below appeared in an ad. Her legs have been photoshopped. How does mathspig know? Do the math.
Model with 89% longer legs.
Now websites are advertising AI models.
How fake will they be? They don’t have to create freakishly long-legged AI models. Ai could generate fashion models of any size … or with 3-legs and 2 heads. Though the 3-legged model may not sell many brand-name jeans. But here are some examples Mathspig found and compared, first to our Size 12 model, then to our Size 6 model.
So AI can produce a range of AI models from realistic to ridiculous. But your eye sees the ridiculous pics as OK, leaving you with unrealistic expectations of body proportions.
Of course, some AI images can be hilarious.
See also: How GEOMETRY gave Margot Robbie her long Barbie legs
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