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Everyone's jumping on the AI doll trend - but what are the concerns?
BBC ^ | Liv McMahon & Imran Rahman-Jones

Posted on 04/11/2025 7:44:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin

People upload a picture of themselves to a tool like ChatGPT, along with written prompts that explain how they want the final picture to look.

These instructions are really important.

They tell the AI tool everything it is meant to generate, from the items a person wants to appear with to the kind of packaging they should be in - which includes mimicking the box and font of popular toys like Barbie.

Many online will then personalise it further with their name, job and clothing choices.

Though it does not always work, and many have also shared some of the amusing mistakes the tools made, where the action dolls look nothing like them.

Like other generative AI tools, image generators are also prone to making things up, and may make assumptions about how someone should look.


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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ai; dolls; toys
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

It’s all over LinkedIn right now.


21 posted on 04/12/2025 5:41:12 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: Sirius Lee

LOL…hilarious!


22 posted on 04/12/2025 6:17:36 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (All we want is the same deportation policy that Martha's Vineyard has. That's it.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Re: 13 - hey, why is my girlfriend with this guy?!


23 posted on 04/12/2025 6:23:28 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Liz

I’m glad you said that! I thought it was just me. 😆


24 posted on 04/12/2025 9:29:22 AM PDT by Beowulf9 ( )
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To: ponygirl
It’s all over LinkedIn right now.

I have a LinkedIn account but haven't looked at it in like 15 years. It's like Camelot - 'tis a silly place.

25 posted on 04/12/2025 8:56:06 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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