{"id":207976,"date":"2022-12-19T13:43:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=207976"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:15:14","slug":"why-is-lensa-more-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/why-is-lensa-more-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Lensa more popular than ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019ve been on social media lately, you\u2019ll likely have noticed a larger proportion of your mutuals posting illustrated selfies thanks to AI apps<\/a> like Lensa<\/a>. In the old days, these images were skillfully created<\/a> by digital artists. Now, though, they\u2019re generated by \u2018artificial intelligence.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rise of AI-generated artwork<\/a> is something that\u2019s been greeted with mixed feelings. Artists, whom this technology undercuts and displaces, are angry that such technology exists. Understandably so. There\u2019s also still a lot that needs to be determined in terms of who owns these images, how exactly they\u2019re created, and whether or not they\u2019re an affront to the entire concept of copyrighting <\/strong>an image or digital artistic creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there\u2019s another, even more complicated human response triggered by these pieces; the feeling you get when you see yourself portrayed in a non-human-made illustration. In many cases, this isn\u2019t a terribly positive feeling, as Lensa has been known to change aspects of your likeness<\/strong> to suit the image, environment, or situation depicted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See, while human artists try to capture your unique beauty without altering anything about you, so-called AI<\/a> doesn\u2019t have the same concerns. Instead, AI surprisingly has very human biases. By this, I mean that Lensa typically tries to make its subjects more attractive, wherever possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the beauty standards that Lensa follows are landing the app in hot water. While the current rhetoric of the day is that all bodies are beautiful and that people should embrace what they look like instead of eating better, exercising<\/strong>, or trying to live a healthier life, Lensa is still noticeably shrinking its subjects down, should they have a few extra pounds to lug around.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing that Lensa is accused of doing is whitewashing people\u2019s faces if they have darker complexions. This isn\u2019t the racist or fatphobic issue that people make it out to be. The issue here is that you\u2019re not dealing with true artificial intelligence<\/a>, as it were. You\u2019re dealing with an app that takes your facial features and slaps them onto another photograph<\/strong> or picture that matches up with your prompts. Additionally, yes, there\u2019s a massive move toward acceptance of all shapes and sizes, but the cover models for many beauty magazines are still edited to appear smaller, particularly in countries where a smaller physique is more desirable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, these poorly generated portraits are not the reason that Lensa is so popular right now. That honor belongs to the images that are generated <\/strong>in such a way that they please the subject. Psychology dictates that there may be a vanity-related reason that explains Lensa\u2019s popularity. We like seeing ourselves portrayed in media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Michigan State University Associate Professor of Media and Information, Rabindra Ratan, \u2018What we consistently find is that a small boost in \u2018attractiveness\u2019 in your avatar <\/a>is good for your confidence.\u2019 Ratan explains further that \u2018It doesn\u2019t make you feel deceptive<\/strong>. It makes you feel like your good traits are just a tad bit magnified.\u2019 However, Ratan also states that \u2018If that boost is too great, then it\u2019s harmful and problematic for a host of reasons.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, there are some people who like that Lensa changes the way they look<\/a>, and those who despise it. However, even the people who don\u2019t like how much the app alters their appearance<\/strong> will likely download it and recommend it to their friends. Another thing that humans have in common is our morbid curiosity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been on social media lately, you\u2019ll likely have noticed a larger proportion of your mutuals posting illustrated selfies thanks to AI apps like Lensa. In the old days, these images were skillfully created by digital artists. Now, though, they\u2019re generated by \u2018artificial intelligence.\u2019\u00a0 The rise of AI-generated artwork is something that\u2019s been greeted … Continue reading “Why is Lensa more popular than ever?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9222,"featured_media":207981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3742],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-207976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-lensa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322739,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207976\/revisions\/322739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207976"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=207976"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=207976"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=207976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}