"Starter packs": what is this new trend on social networks?

Over the past few days, these images have been ubiquitous on our screens. The principle is to transform us into a small figurine of collection thanks to artificial intelligence.

Graphic illustrators and artists denounce the bustling "starter packs" generated by artificial intelligence on social networks.

Who didn't want to create his figurine "Starter Pack" thanks to artificial intelligence? On social networks, the self-portraits "in Cartoon style, presented under blister, like a collection toy" are numerous. A dashing question.

In a new AI trend, the focus is no longer on staging, but on packaging the self: When users transform themselves into action figures, they reveal themselves as consumable objects. Our author tried it out.

They appear everywhere on TikTok, Instagram or X. The "Starter Packs", these self-portraits generated by ChatGPT and presented as figurines to collect, have become the viral trend of spring. Fun, personalized, easy to create for yourself or his family, they make the happiness of users as brands and festivals. But this euphoria raises another subject, much less fun: the massive ecological impact of artificial intelligence. France 3 Franche-Comté'…

Who hasn't been tempted to create his figure "Starter Pack" thanks to artificial intelligence? For a few days on social networks, impossible to miss these self-portraits in the form of a figurine with his fetish objects, packed ... Read more about the article on Elle.fr