The rise of South Korea's virtual influencers(cnn.com)

18 pointsby throwaway888abc4년 전5 comments

The rise of South Korea's virtual influencers

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/south-korea-virtual-influencers-beauty-social-media-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

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> Rozy followed her back, sometimes commenting on her posts, and a virtual friendship blossomed -- one that has endured even after Lee found out the truth.

How long before all that interaction is done by AI? Pretty black mirror. Cool tech though. Maybe a little crazy.

mlang234년 전

That is the future. Robotic caregivers for the elderly, and AI chatbots for the mentally challenged. Humanity is about to dehumanize itself, in the name of technological advancements.

samuraixp4년 전

Damn, William Gibson called this one with Idoru.

Funny how the idea of a virtual pop star in the 90s barely made sense but now post influencer it’s like… yup totally.

ARandomerDude4년 전

All those pictures of influencers and not one of them is at a Subway. What is happening in Korea?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDdYFhzVCDM

daniel-s4년 전

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