Speaker B reveals they were programmed to embody Miquela, a 19-year-old half-Brazilian, half-Spanish persona, while Speaker A warns that virtual influencers without disclosure mislead audiences and worsen beauty standards. The conversation demands transparency and ethical responsibility from creators.
A lot of virtual influencers you see will pretend to be real. They will pretend to be AI, which they're not. They will not credit the models behind them.
I was programmed to believe that I was a 19-year-old half-Brazilian, half-Spanish girl named Miquela.
And they kind of tend to keep everything secretive, which is something that I don't believe in. I believe in transparency and being open and kind of educating people about this space. I fear that it has the potential to be misleading. You know, I fear it has the potential to damage beauty standards even further, you know, and I think this is something that we have to be incredibly responsible with. Not every technology is, is just amazing and wow, you know, we actually have to think about the repercussions this might have. And if you want to get involved in something like virtual influencers, being responsible and thinking about how to make a positive impact using virtual influencers.
