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Did you catch that SuperBowl commercial filled with TikTokkers? The latest ICYMI explores how social media is changing sports culture:
Last week, I came across this website that purports to use AI to tell you what advertisers can glean from a single photo of you (h/t
). I usually stay away from stuff like this (as in, tools for collecting data disguised as a fun games). But on this day I was like, whatever. Gen Z virgins are staging a coup in the White House. Let me have my little bit of fun.I uploaded my photo, and these were the results:
It was exhilarating to see myself through what was theoretically an objective lens, even though much of the information it gleaned was incorrect (I’m 32, that is not my income range, I have no religious affiliation, and I shop and use substances a NORMAL amount, thank you very much). Nevertheless, I posted the image to my Instagram Stories. And I quickly received a number of similar responses: This is terrifying, we live in hell, AI must be stopped.
“You have to do this,” I said to my friends, sharing the link—and that’s when my feelings changed.
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