Ars TechnicaAI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans
Brands are turning to hyper-realistic, AI-generated influencers for promotions.
Dizzy@arstechnica who would have thought "influencers" would be the first to go :)
Kevin Karhan 
@arstechnica Why does #MentalOutlaw's posts become real...
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Chris Murphy@arstechnica Influencers are pretty fake anyway, so seems a natural progression.
Jairaj Devadiga@arstechnica "AI" can replicate style, but not substance. Obviously influencers are the easiest to replace. 😂
Frank Heijkamp@arstechnica An interesting development, influencer advertisements and therefore influencers are seemingly the easiest to replace. Who knew they would become obsolete over night.
deutrino@arstechnica I'll be posting about this without the tracking tags in the url
Bommo4444@arstechnica
They are also giving healthcare advice, what could possibly go wrong???
They are also giving healthcare advice, what could possibly go wrong???
Sara Winge@arstechnica Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of people.
Slurmdog Millionaire@arstechnica if a job can be automated down to a "91 percent decrease in cost per person" it's a bullshit job.
Lewis Edwards@arstechnica Oh no! Anyway...
Ed Sanders@arstechnica
I'm willing to bet that every "virtual" influencer crashes out quickly as the character/image gets stolen by pornographers.
Ultimately the agencies will spend more on lawyers trying to "protect" their property than they spend on hiring a single person.
Phil Rees@arstechnica OK. But can it do real people?
Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC@arstechnica I think "influencer" is a "job" that should not exist in the first place.
wauz@arstechnica which non-humans are creating the AI-generated influencers? That’s so meta!