Lensa App, Should You Use It?
The Lensa App images have been flooding social media these past few weeks. How could it not with this AI technology producing images that are stylized, ethereal, dreamy, and intoxicating, making everyone look like fairies, anime, or famous paintings? But with the spike of Lensa’s popularity comes its own share of controversies.
“This example of Lensa is so tangible. It’s AI that we all have access to and we’re all using in some way. So we are part of the conversation in ways that we didn’t realize or in ways that we were not a part of before.”
With the development of any AI technology, comes ethical, equitable and security issues. In this episode we discuss three points people have been talking about when it comes to the Lensa App:
This episode is a follow-up and pop culture example on the two-part series on AI. We further delve into how AI affects our daily lives in multiple areas, what art is, the similarities of AI and art appropriation, who are the drivers behind AI, and what goes behind the decision-making on whether or not you should use AI.
Links from Today’s Episode:
Episode 124 Artificial Intelligence and Your Business Part 1
Episode 125 Artificial Intelligence and Your Business Part 2
Brandee Barker, Twitter post about AI selfie generator apps
Katie Couric FB post about Lensa
Lensa Artificial Intelligence Article by Olivia Snow
Stable Diffusion Article by GitHub
Stable Diffusion Article by Benj Edwards for Ars Technica
Appropriation Article by MoMA Learning
Article, Lensa AI app: What to know about the self portrait generator
NBC News Article about Lensa AI