How AI’s distorted body ideals could contribute to body dysmorphia

How AI’s distorted body ideals could contribute to body dysmorphia

What does it look like to have an “athletic body?” What does artificial intelligence think it looks like to have one? A recent study we conducted at the University of Toronto analyzed appearance-related traits of AI-generated images of male and female athletes and non-athletes. We found that we’re being fed exaggerated — and likely impossible — body standards. Even before AI, athletes have been pressured to look a certain way: thin, muscular and…