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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here ya go, first view this 44 second video of a fashion catalog:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://youtu.be/8siezzLXbNo">https://youtu.be/8siezzLXbNo</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then I will tell you that every one of these images, including the movement of the models, is generated by AI. None of these are real people. Tragic is this, because I was already getting attached to some of them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Which leads to the next industry-crusher: once AI obviates fashion models by generating photo-realistic images to model their clothing, the same AI could be created to create photo-realistic images without the clothing. Horrors! This could devastate the porno industry. Models willing to show it all may no longer be needed. Tragic is this, because I was already getting attached to some of them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While I struggle to get over that, it occurs to me that this is important in my notion of making software avatars to converse with and entertain the elderly. It adds an entire new dimension to the term “entertain.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>