Perfect faces generated by AI are taking over TikTok and Instagram through the new “Korean baseball trend”. Behind these viral videos, there are increasingly unrealistic beauty standards that worry some content creators.
A woman with perfectly drawn features, an unreally smooth complexion, her face frozen in an expression without the slightest wrinkle, sitting on the grandstand of an American football match. If this scene seems familiar to you on Instagram, that’s normal: you’ve probably just come across the new trend that’s invading the networks. And female influencers are having a great time. After beauty filters, now it’s time for artificial intelligence (AI). Because behind these “perfect” faces, there is nothing natural again: it is a face entirely rebuilt by AI
Every sport.
Every stadium.
Everyone’s doing it.
The stadium broadcast trend has TAKEN OVER and the AI quality? Indistinguishable from the real thing.
The bar isn’t technical anymore. It’s creative.
This trend was recreated at @AtlabsAI using Seedance 2.0
Prompts in… pic.twitter.com/W5BLGIE1S1
But where does this new fad come from? The trend was born out of a viral tweet that once again commented on women’s looks. “The average Korean woman,” read above a video showing a particularly beautiful female spectator in the stands of a baseball game in Korea, presented as authentic. However, as reported by “The Korea Times”, the sequence, viewed more than 15 million times, quickly aroused doubts: several visible inconsistencies on the bulletin board suggest that it was in fact
generated by AI.
The publication immediately triggered a wave of misogynistic, racist and masculinist comments, without preventing the video from becoming a real international trend. In recent days, the “Korean baseball trend” has thus spread far beyond Korea: on TikTok and Instagram, Internet users are now reproducing these idealized fake faces in European football stadiums. While many are picking up the trend without really questioning it, some influencers are however beginning to worry about the effects of these artificial representations on women’s self-image and psyche
Want to follow the Korean Baseball trend and be caught on camera? ⚾
Here’s a quick tutorial, all in one click with Kling AI!
The Stadium Broadcast Challenge is also live on KlingAI app & web, jump in and see if you’ve got the winning swing. pic.twitter.com/scsNPrYPyy
“We’re not going to get by at all”, sighs podcaster and content creator Anna Rvr in a video posted on TikTok. Because the image generated by AI has everything to seduce those who are ready to use it: faces seem frozen in an inaccessible perfection. An artificial image that is likely to further fuel cases of dysmorphophobia, which are already greatly exacerbated by images of perfect bodies on social networks. This disorder is characterized by an obsession with perceived physical defects, which are often invisible or considered minimal by
those around them.
⚽ Want to experience watching an exciting football match live from the stadium? AI can make your wish come true.
Use the prompt below. 👇 pic.twitter.com/sFo3Fw0e36
“We had been fighting filters for years, to try to make sure that the rest of us, women on social networks, did not feel pressured by the beauty of others, by unattainable standards, by all this surgery, by all this surgery, continues Anna RVR. But if, in addition, you post videos of yourself made by AI, that’s not possible.” A concern that is growing as digital beauty standards reach a new level. Because beyond the pressure they reinforce, this content generated by AI also raises an environmental question. Each image, video or artificial avatar mobilizes considerable resources, especially water, even though these uses are becoming commonplace on social networks. Criticism that has already appeared during previous viral trends related to AI, such as “starter packs” or portraits inspired by the universe of Hayao Miyazaki
Leave a Reply