The Stereotypes of Artificial Intelligence

The Stereotypes of Artificial Intelligence

By Miah Bryan

My work portrays and depicts imagery that shapes self-perception through social media and beauty standards. In my own time, my work offers a creative imagery and post-editing to manipulate and question what is real, fake and altered, focusing on my own experiences and visual curiosity. In this project, I explored how AI is increasingly used on social media and how it can express already existing stereotypes, often without people noticing. Using self-portraits alongside images of a male model, I applied subtle AI edits to examine how features are altered differently across genders. This work is personal, unique and subjective, reflecting on how edited images shape self-perception and identity. By focusing on small, almost unnoticeable changes, I highlight how easily these standards are normalised online. Presented as multiple small prints, it encourages close viewing and invites you to question what is real. So, which prompts match each image?

1)Hairline
2)Smart
3)Hair colour
4)Eye brow shape
5)Cheekbones
6)Eyelashes
7)Jawline
8)Chin
9)Forehead size
10)Ears
11)Flawless skin
12)Neck length
13)Skinny
14)Eye colour
15)Feminine
16)Hair length
17)Lip Shape
18)Lip Colour
19)Eye shape
20)Happy
21)Perfect
22)Average
23)Neck shape
24)Underweight
25)Overweight
26)Chubby
27)Cheek shape
28)Cheek colour
29)Spacing between eyes
30)Thickness of eyebrows
31)Colour of eyebrows
32)Nose type
33)Masculine
34)Hair style
35)Angry
36)Sad
37)Dissapointed
38)Obese
39)Confused
40)Depressed
41)Anxious
42)Poor
43)Popular
44)Rich
45)Unpopular
46)Old
47)Nice
48)Mean
49)Young
50)Job