TikTok's Avatar Revolution: AI Magic applied to Profile Pictures

In the ever-evolving world of social media, TikTok is once again making waves with its latest experiment: Personal account or user pictures that can be created with the use of artificial intelligence technology. One could imagine sharing the image and then to see it change to a cartoon or a painting ready ‘to go on line avatar’.

This is a still rather a young feature which became mainstream only now, which in principle can change millions of people’s communication in the Internet. However, the great innovations bear their awful correspondents. If creativity and safety at the same time can exist within the platform of TikTok, questions arise as to how the use of AI art promotes violation of privacy and prejudicial ideas on diversity and body positivity. While some people capture these AI avatars as entertainment with enhanced interaction, others have said that such can be used in a wrong way. Groups such as data privacy gurus, digital artists and ethicists are asking social media companies questions about the use of this new fandangled artificial intelligence tool. Still, between noise and scandal, TikTok does not forget about the task, which is to form an active and multicultural audience. As the platform continues to evolve, one thing is clear: The use of artificial intelligence in this process can be considered as an inalienable constituent of the formation of social networking in the future.

In that way, as TikTok is performing the future with its newest invention, people and audiences are still questioning what the future looks like in this new domain of the AI fine artistry. Are these AI avatars the next revolution in digital technology or are they a worthy subject to bring out the taboo in artificial intelligence? Only time can tell as TikTok starts to moves to the new phase or new uncharted territories.