Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging

Recently, it was announced that Levi’s had hired a Dutch firm to “supplement human models” with AI-generated ones to allow consumers to see themselves represented in their e-commerce experience—a decision that was explicitly meant to advance their goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

https://www.documentjournal.com/2023/03/digital-manipulation-levis-ai-model-francis-galton-simone-film-diversity-fashion-tokenization/