A new trend is slowly emerging: automatic professional photo editing using AI to boost your CV or LinkedIn profile.
Even if we concluded that writing a CV through ChatGPT was not a conclusive undertaking, it could be that AI could help the hiring process on another front: that of professional photography. It all started with a viral video posted this summer on TikTok. A young woman compared photographs retouched using the Remini application and her real appearance. His video has been viewed more than 50 million times, and a real trend was born from it. So would the next step in AI be to optimize our photos to improve our CVs?
The emergence of AI-powered photo apps
Remini is not the only application on the market to offer this type of service. Other competitors exist, like AI Suit or Try It On AI, and they all offer roughly the same function: increasing the quality level of simple photos (selfies for example) by optimizing them using AI. The goal is for users to have results worthy of professional studios.
Remini works quite intuitively. All you need to do is provide him with around ten selfies, with different angles and lighting. Once this is done, the AI analyzes the images and generates a series of optimized shots where the person appears in their best light. Haircuts, positions or clothes, the algorithm can play on several aspects. However, opinions differ on the results: some find it realistic, others not at all and find the rendering too artificial.
The impact of AI-retouched photos on the professional world
If this type of application can be used in a fun way, it turns out that Remini is particularly aimed at the professional environment with networks like LinkedIn or others job boards. In one article, the BBC collected the testimony of several people from different backgrounds about the use of these AI services. Divya Shishodia, 24, works in digital marketing in Australia. According to her, these alternatives are interesting because they are less expensive than a professional photo shoot. She explains : ” I’m not saying that the photos are necessarily realistic, but given the time and effort it requires, the result is worth it. “. An opinion shared by Michelle Genobisa, communications and marketing assistant in Aalborg, Denmark.
Another speaker does not have the same opinion. Molly McCrann is a 25-year-old Australian actress. She says : ” I simply find the result too artificial, it seems that it is too retouched or that it is generated by AI (…) when I tried with my photo, it made me appear thinner than I really am “.
All these statements may seem superficial, but Dr. Paul Mardsen, communication psychologist, does not take this lightly and warns of the potential consequences of these kinds of tools on the ego: “ On the one hand, we could consider that this would allow us to show our best profile and the best image that we want to send to the world (…) on the other, it could impact the self-esteem that people and reinforce the idea that they are not up to the AI version of themselves “. The old debate between people over whether or not to put a photo on their CV is clearly has been. This will perhaps soon focus on the use (or not) of AI to design this photo.
Source : BBC
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