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..and we used to think we had unrealistic expectations about how people should look...

by convolvatron 4y ago

bobthepanda 4y ago
We used to, but we still do too.
- eindiran 4y ago
  Arguably this will go even worse; with fully CGI and "AI" models there is no real upper bound on unrealistic bodies, short of them no longer looking human at all.
  - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    An unrealistic number of fingers, that's for sure.
  - bobthepanda 4y ago
    For me, the personal bottom was ‘heroin chic’ in the ‘90s, which only stopped when a notable fashion photographer died of a heroin OD.
  - nordsieck 4y ago
    > there is no real upper bound on unrealistic bodies, short of them no longer looking human at all. We'll see how much of a barrier that ends up being. I'm guessing that humans are just as vulnerable as other animals to supernormal stimulus. People seem to accept Avatar and Alita just fine.
- nsxwolf 4y ago
  'I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.' - Mitch Hedberg
pixl97 4y ago
Yea, this certainly won't help with the emotional collapse we see in society around keeping up with 'perfect' instagrammers and models and such. Now we'll have "perfect people" that never age, never get sick, never have human flaws. They'll only have the opinions their creators want them to say and never step out of line. Heh, no wonder capitalists want AI robots to replace people as fast as possible.
- robertlagrant 4y ago
  > Heh, no wonder capitalists want AI robots to replace people as fast as possible. Surely it's authoritarian regimes that want this? Capitalists just want to make voluntary agreements with other people and keep them.
  - convolvatron 4y ago
    why play the game when its easier to tilt the field?
  - pixl97 4y ago
    You seem to be confused between 'capitalism' and 'capitalist'. Capitalism is a system of free trade and voluntary agreements. Meanwhile every capitalist I've worked for has dumped out long list of NDA's and other bullshit and said "It's voluntary to sign this and get paid, or not sign and not work for us, but every other business in the industry makes you sign the same things, so good luck with that". And you're not taking in consideration that no agreement is far better than a binding voluntary one.
    - robertlagrant 4y ago
      > And you're not taking in consideration that no agreement is far better than a binding voluntary one. When am I not doing this? Entering into a voluntary agreement includes voluntarily discarding the option of not taking it.
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..and we used to think we had unrealistic expectations about how people should look...

bobthepanda 4y ago

We used to, but we still do too.

eindiran 4y ago
Arguably this will go even worse; with fully CGI and "AI" models there is no real upper bound on unrealistic bodies, short of them no longer looking human at all.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  An unrealistic number of fingers, that's for sure.
- bobthepanda 4y ago
  For me, the personal bottom was ‘heroin chic’ in the ‘90s, which only stopped when a notable fashion photographer died of a heroin OD.
- nordsieck 4y ago
  > there is no real upper bound on unrealistic bodies, short of them no longer looking human at all. We'll see how much of a barrier that ends up being. I'm guessing that humans are just as vulnerable as other animals to supernormal stimulus. People seem to accept Avatar and Alita just fine.
nsxwolf 4y ago
'I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.' - Mitch Hedberg

pixl97 4y ago

Yea, this certainly won't help with the emotional collapse we see in society around keeping up with 'perfect' instagrammers and models and such. Now we'll have "perfect people" that never age, never get sick, never have human flaws. They'll only have the opinions their creators want them to say and never step out of line. Heh, no wonder capitalists want AI robots to replace people as fast as possible.

robertlagrant 4y ago
> Heh, no wonder capitalists want AI robots to replace people as fast as possible. Surely it's authoritarian regimes that want this? Capitalists just want to make voluntary agreements with other people and keep them.
- convolvatron 4y ago
  why play the game when its easier to tilt the field?
- pixl97 4y ago
  You seem to be confused between 'capitalism' and 'capitalist'. Capitalism is a system of free trade and voluntary agreements. Meanwhile every capitalist I've worked for has dumped out long list of NDA's and other bullshit and said "It's voluntary to sign this and get paid, or not sign and not work for us, but every other business in the industry makes you sign the same things, so good luck with that". And you're not taking in consideration that no agreement is far better than a binding voluntary one.
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    > And you're not taking in consideration that no agreement is far better than a binding voluntary one. When am I not doing this? Entering into a voluntary agreement includes voluntarily discarding the option of not taking it.

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