Fashion's Robot Models Get the Hank Treatment

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number one, folks.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Times says magazines, influencers and writers are trying out Meta glasses, A.I. ads and robot models, even though their own audiences are skeptical.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkeptical. Read that again. They asked the people who buy the clothes, the people said no thanks, and the industry heard a suggestion.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number two. A robot model never gets hungry, never gets tired, and never asks why the jacket costs more than a used car.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorReally? That's the dream customer? Because a robot has never once bought a jacket.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number three. Glasses that film everything you look at, sold by an industry that already knows what you looked at and how long you looked at it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo here's where we are, folks.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe models are machines, the ads are written by machines, and the audience is a man in a nineteen-ninety-eight blazer yelling at his television.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe robot gets the front row. I get a folding chair near the exit.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRex has the gridiron, where at least the players still have to show up in person.

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