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It may be a silent protest, but the message is loud and clear. And ‘temporary graffiti’ is building a following. – The Boston Globe
“I’m coming to Boston, I’m bringing hell with me,” Homan said at a political conference in February.
In early March, on the night before Mayor Michelle Wu was due in Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress about the city’s immigration policies, a group of activists had an answer for Homan.
“You can’t bring hell to Boston,” the artists projected in vintage typeface on the brick facade of the Old State House. “It’s been waiting for you since 1770.” Photographic evidence of the temporary installation quickly made the internet rounds.
Not by happenstance, that day was the anniversary of the skirmish that came to be known as the Boston Massacre, when the colonists’ disagreements with the British Parliament and King George III’s occupying troops boiled over into deadly violence. That kind of link to this city’s revolutionary past is what drives the folks behind Silence Dogood, the small collective that has staged about a dozen acts of protest with stealthy nighttime projections in and around Boston in recent weeks.
The group borrowed the name from the Boston native Benjamin Franklin, who used it as an alias early in his illustrious life. At 16, while apprenticing at his older brother’s print shop, Franklin adopted the pen name after James Franklin declined to print his young sibling’s letters in his weekly newspaper, the New-England Courant.
Benjamin Franklin imagined his alter ego to be a middle-aged widow, a defender of “the Rights and Liberties of my Country” and “a mortal Enemy to arbitrary Government & unlimited Power.”
Silence is “a bit of a busybody,” explained Diane Dwyer, who has become the default spokesperson for the Silence Dogood project.
On a recent Friday afternoon, Dwyer sat in a shared artist space on the second floor of an old brick building in the Fort Point district. Scale models covered most flat surfaces; artists’ renderings were pinned up across much of the available wall space.
Dwyer, who grew up in Maryland, moved to Boston a few years ago, after earning a master’s degree in narrative environments from the University of the Arts London. She has a background in theater, “and I’m a huge history nerd,” she said.
She was recently named a grant recipient of the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture’s Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston initiative, a public art program that solicits ideas designed to “spark conversations about public memory, monuments, and collective history.” Dwyer’s proposal, called On This Site…, will reimagine Boston’s 400 or so historic markers to be more inclusive.
“We’re inviting people to write their own plaques,” Dwyer said.
While she’s currently compiling a database of Boston’s existing markers — and noting the overwhelming prevalence of white men (there are, she says, as many references to Paul Revere as all women combined, and more than all Black people) — she still gets excited about making connections to the country’s founding fathers.
Silence Dogood’s projections have featured statements attributed to George Washington (“The cause of Boston now is and always will be the cause of America,” projected in the water at the base of the Boston Tea Party Museum), Joseph Warren (“May our land be a land of liberty,” at the Bunker Hill Monument, on the site where Warren was killed), and, yes, the aforementioned silversmith Revere (“One if by land, two if by D.C.,” projected on the Old North Church, though that’s not a direct quote).
The Rev. Dr. Matthew Cadwell, the vicar at Old North Church, didn’t know about those projections until he saw them on “The Rachel Maddow Show.” Silence Dogood’s warning came during a busy week for the church, which doubles as an active Episcopal mission and a historical site. It was the 250th anniversary of Revere’s famous ride.
One of the projections borrowed from the last stanza of Longfellow’s mythmaking poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride”: “In the hour of darkness and peril and need…” The message implicating “D.C.” was “a little edgier,” the vicar acknowledged.
“In the main, people were very enthusiastic about it,” Cadwell said over the phone. “It was neat. It was a powerful capstone on that night of historic remembrance.”
To stage the Silence Dogood protests, Dwyer borrows state-of-the-art projection equipment — and sometimes enlists production help — from the small circle of Boston creatives who specialize in outdoor art. At one “activation,” an unexpected hailstorm sent volunteers scrambling to cover the expensive projector with their jackets.
In recent years, projection-mapping artists have fine-tuned the art of “temporary graffiti.” Some say the practice of projection mapping as a form of protest took off during the Occupy demonstrations of 2011. During the first Trump administration, multimedia artist Robin Bell made world headlines for projecting “PAY TRUMP BRIBES HERE” over the entrance to Trump International Hotel.
Another group, the Illuminator, has projected hundreds of simple messages around New York City: “Protest Trans Youth,” “Bans Off Our Bodies,” “Ceasefire Now.” In San Francisco, an activist trolled Elon Musk on the Twitter building after the billionaire acquired the social media company (now X).
In Boston during the racial reckoning of 2020, some of the city’s projectionists partnered with street artist Cedric Douglas after the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue in the North End. They created a temporary memorial to notable Bostonians of color — Mel King, Elma Lewis, the late rapper Keith “Guru” Elam — on the vacated plinth.
While redefining the nature of public protest, these artists have also been grappling with the unresolved debate about the legality of their protests. Some legal experts cite property rights and laws governing trespassing. Others argue that the right to free speech covers projections just as it does signs and banners.
Dwyer and her colleagues talk often about their First Amendment right to protest and the potential collateral damage to the other work they do, for advertisers, art festivals, and more. Dwyer, who heads her own venture, Stories & Spaces, has worked with clients from the Smithsonian Institute and the NFL to Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
For her, the commitment to activist work came into sharp focus on a Friday in May, when she watched the live feed of a joint Town Hall meeting hosted by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell. The event featured four other state attorneys general from across New England.
“They were speaking to the coordinated resistance without hemming and hawing,” Dwyer recalled. After another period of despair, she said — “Who can remember the headline of the day?” — the Town Hall discussion fortified her.
It also made her feel, for the first time, like she’d become a bona fide Bostonian.
You just hope, she said, “that we’re not screaming into the void.”
James Sullivan can be reached at jamesgsullivan@gmail.com.
Today is Friday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2025. There are 33 days left in the year. Today is Thanksgiving in the United States.
Today in history:
On Nov. 28, 1942, fire engulfed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze ever.
Also on this date:
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry (known then as the WSM Barn Dance) debuted on radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee; it continues today as the longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran, Iran, for the first time to discuss Allied cooperation during World War II.
In 1961, halfback Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first Black college football player to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.
In 1964, the United States launched the space probe Mariner 4 on a course toward Mars, which it flew past in July 1965, sending back pictures of the red planet.
In 2001, Enron Corp., once the world’s largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion takeover deal. (Enron filed for bankruptcy protection four days later.)
In 2022, Payton Gendron, a white gunman who massacred 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, pleaded guilty to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges in an agreement that gave him life in prison without parole.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Recording executive Berry Gordy Jr. is 96.
- Football Hall of Famer Paul Warfield is 83.
- Former “Late Show” band leader Paul Shaffer is 76.
- Actor Ed Harris is 75.
- Actor S. Epatha (eh-PAY’-thah) Merkerson is 73.
- Actor Judd Nelson is 66.
- Film director Alfonso Cuarón (kwahr-OHN’) is 64.
- Rock drummer Matt Cameron is 63.
- Comedian and talk show host Jon Stewart is 63.
- Actor Colman Domingo is 56.
- Musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is 51.
- Actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead is 41.
- R&B singer Trey Songz is 41.
- Actor Karen Gillan is 38.
- Actor-rapper Bryshere Gray is 32.
Winner, winner, turkey dinner.
Brandon Ingram called game to lift Toronto to 4-0 on the second-to-last night of Emirates NBA Cup Group Play.
5 STORIES IN TODAY’S EDITION 🏀
Feasting: OKC & Toronto extend win streaks to stay unbeaten in Cup Play
More Streaks: Boston snaps Detroit’s historic heater, Herro lifts Miami to another dub
Setting The Stage: Three wins create three “win-and-in” Group Play finales on Friday
Roundup: Houston & Memphis pull off late rallies to cap a hectic 9-game slate
Season Of Giving: 20 years of NBA Cares and holiday support across the league
BUT FIRST.. ⏰
Friday Finale: After a day off to celebrate Thanksgiving, the NBA returns on Friday with an 11-game slate to close Emirates NBA Cup Group Play.
That includes a Prime doubleheader as the Bucks visit the Knicks (7:30 ET), before the Lakers welcome the Mavs (10 ET).
1. BEAST STREAKS: OKC IMPROVES TO 18-1, INGRAM CALLS GAME
The Thunder entered Wednesday not only eyeing a crucial Group Play win, but one of the best starts in NBA history.
Standing in their way: Anthony Edwards and the Wolves, eager to avenge last year’s West Finals loss and cut into OKC’s push for more hardware.
But when Minnesota made its run, the champs responded.
Thunder 113, Wolves 105 (West A): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander put on an MVP performance (40 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast) to give OKC control, but the Wolves never went away and an Edwards 3 with 1:02 left made it a one-point game.
Twenty-four seconds later, Chet Holmgren (12 pts, 9 reb) answered with a lead-extending triple, and SGA sealed it at the line as OKC never allowed another bucket – closing on an 8-1 run to earn its 10th straight win, improving to 18-1 and 3-0 in Group Play. | Recap
- “We knew they were going to fight, give us a challenge,” said SGA postgame. “It took us making plays on both ends of the floor down the stretch to come out with a W – and we did so.”
All-Time Open: The Thunder are just the fifth team ever to start a season 18-1 or better and the second in three decades, joining the 2015-16 Warriors – who finished with the best record in NBA history (73-9).
- The Other 3? The 1993-94 Rockets, ‘90-91 Blazers and the ‘69-70 Knicks. Houston and New York both won the NBA title that season
- OKC Identity: It’s Shai’s 16th 30-piece of the season and OKC’s 11th time holding an opponent to 105 points or fewer – both the most in the NBA
- Elite Execution: Amid the 10-0 run, SGA is averaging 32.0 ppg on 58.2% shooting, while the Thunder are allowing just 101.1 ppg with a +20.9 point differential
- Where They Stand: Ant led Minnesota (31 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast, 5 3s), which is eliminated from Cup contention, while OKC can clinch West A with a win over Phoenix on Friday (9:30 ET, League Pass)
Having already clinched East Group A, the red-hot Raptors eyed a 4-0 Group Play finish to boost their odds of homecourt advantage in the Quarterfinals.
With 0.6 seconds left on Wednesday, Brandon Ingram delivered for Jurassic Park.
Raptors 97, Pacers 95 (East A): Tied at 95, Jakob Poeltl blocked Indy’s attempted winner, setting up Ingram’s (26 pts, 8 reb) heroic jumper to complete Toronto’s perfect Group Play and grab its fifth clutch win in its 9-game W streak – now the hottest in the East. | Recap
- “Just wanted to be super aggressive, and get into my spots,” Ingram said of his game-winner, with the moment reminding him of last shots he’s “seen on TV.”
- Pitching In: Scottie Barnes (24 pts, 10 reb) and Immanuel Quickley (15 pts, 6 ast) supported Ingram, while season highs from T.J. McConnell (16 pts, 7 reb) led Indy
- Historically Hot: This is just the fifth time in team history that Toronto has had a win streak as substantial as 9 games
- “We’re going to need this crowd big,” Ingram said postgame, with the win and Detroit’s loss ensuring the Knockout Round visits The North
2. MORE STREAKS: CELTICS COOL PISTONS, HEAT WIN AGAIN
A historic stretch of 14 games and 28 days of perfect results all culminated in 15 pivotal seconds Wednesday night.
That’s when Boston’s defense took control.
Celtics 117, Pistons 114 (East B): Derrick White (27 pts) closed with 11 4th-quarter points on three of a season-high six 3s, and forced one of two key turnovers in the final 15 seconds as Boston stood tall in a wild finish to snap Detroit’s 13-game win streak. | Recap
- C’s Keys: Jaylen Brown (33 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 2 blk) set the tone in all aspects as Boston’s defense held Detroit to its 2nd-lowest field goal percentage (39.8) of the season
- All-Out Cade: Cunningham (42 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast) led all scorers, nearly willing the Pistons to OT by drawing a 3-shot foul, but couldn’t hit the game-tying free throw
- “I couldn’t be more proud of the group,” said Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff on Detroit’s franchise-record-tying win streak coming to an end. “Win or loss.”
- Winner Take All: The Pistons (2-1) meet the Magic on Friday (7:30 ET, LP) to decide East B, while Boston is eliminated despite the victory
ICYMI: Tyler Herro is back – and the Heat can’t stop stacking dubs.
Heat 106, Bucks 103 (East C): After scoring 24 and the game-winner in his season debut on Monday, Herro led Miami again with 29 points and 7 dimes as the Heat held on to edge out Ryan Rollins (26 pts) and the Bucks, extending their win streak to six games. | Recap
- Spo’s 800th: With the win, Erik Spoelstra became the 9th-fastest coach to reach 800 career victories and just the 17th all-time
- Eyeing Its Ticket: Miami finishes 3-1 in Group Play and will clinch East C if the Bucks beat the Knicks on Friday (more on that below ⬇️)
3. SETTING THE STAGE: 3 WINS CREATE 3 ‘WIN-AND-IN’ FRIDAY FINALES
While Orlando and Detroit entered Wednesday already locked in for an East B winner-take-all duel on Friday, three more teams earned group-clinching opportunities with victories last night.
Suns 112, Kings 100 (West A): In the Thanksgiving spirit, Mark Williams was eating (21 pts, 16 reb, 9-12 FG), while Collin Gillespie matched him with 21 points along with 9 helpers to power Phoenix to a wire-to-wire win, improving to 3-0 in West A. | Recap
- Suns Shining: Devin Booker added 19 points and 6 assists as the Suns improved to 9-2 in their last 11 – a stretch in which they rank 3rd in DefRtg
- Winner Take All: Up next for Phoenix? OKC, also 3-0, in a Friday showdown to decide the group (9:30, League Pass)
The Blazers simply needed a win to punch their ticket to the Knockout Round.
De’Aaron Fox and the Spurs had other ideas.
Spurs 115, Blazers 102 (West C): With San Antonio up 2 at the half, Fox caught fire, pouring in 23 of his 37 points in the final two quarters, as the Spurs outscored Portland 59-48 to avoid elimination, despite Deni Avdija’s big night (37 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast). | Recap
- Deciding Duel: Both at 2-1, the Spurs now face the Nuggets on Friday to decide West C (9:30 ET, LP)
Knicks 129, Hornets 101 (East C): For the first time in the play-by-play era, all five Knicks starters had 10+ points at the half, as New York jumped out to a 72-47 lead and didn’t look back to improve to 2-1 in Group Play, eliminating Charlotte (0-3). | Recap
- NY5: Led by Jalen Brunson (33 pts, 14-28 FG) and Josh Hart (22 pts, 7 ast), the Knicks’ starting 5 combined for a season-high 111 of their 129 points
- Win & In: New York can claim East C with a victory over Milwaukee on Friday (7:30 ET, Prime), while a Bucks victory would hand the group to Miami
4. ROUNDUP: HOUSTON & MEMPHIS RALLY FOR LATE DUBS
Trailing by as many as 14 points in the 3rd quarter, Houston flipped a switch.
Rockets 104, Warriors 100 (West C): The Rockets outscored the Warriors 57-41 in the 2nd half on the strength of Reed Sheppard’s career night (31 pts, 9 reb, 5 ast), leading Alperen Sengun (16 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast) and five Rockets in double-digits to victory. | Recap
- Dubs Check: Jimmy Butler III led the Bay with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, with Steph (14 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast) exiting in the final minute with quad pain
Grizzlies 133, Pelicans 128 (OT, West C): Vince Williams Jr. was feeling extra generous on Thanksgiving eve, dishing out a career-high 17 assists, while Jaren Jackson Jr. (27 pts, 5 3s), Jaylen Wells (25 pts, 5 3s) and Zach Edey (21 pts, 15 reb) all scored season-highs to rally the Grizz past the Pels in OT. | Recap
- Epic Finish: Memphis chipped away at a 17-point deficit before its 15-7 4th-quarter run forced Zion Williamson (17 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast) to extend the game with 0.9 left
- But overtime was all Grizz, as Jackson (5 pts) and Wells (4 pts) single-handedly outscored NOLA 9-3 to complete the comeback, improving to 2-1 in Group Play
- Pacing The Pels: Jose Alvarado (24 pts, 6 3s) led eight Pelicans in double figures
- What It Means: The Grizzlies’ win eliminated the Wolves, Kings, Warriors and Rockets. Memphis contends for the West Wild Card on Friday, facing the Clippers (10 ET, LP)
5. SEASON OF GIVING: 20 YEARS OF NBA CARES
For 20 years, NBA Cares has helped bring people around the world together through the game of basketball.
Established in 2005 to unite the league’s community efforts and amplify positive impact of teams and players off the court, NBA Cares has continued to drive change on key issues facing fans and communities.
Now, as we head into the winter holidays, we also head into one of the key moments on the NBA Cares calendar: the NBA Cares Season of Giving.
- “It’s been 20 years of meaningful impact, and that’s what we’re most proud of,” said Kathy Behrens, the NBA’s President of Social Responsibility and Player Programs
- “[The] commitment to community that’s existed in our league from the very beginning, and will no doubt live on for decades to come, is truly I think what makes the NBA so special.”
Designed to brighten the winter holidays for children and families across the globe, the NBA Cares Season of Giving will reach thousands of children, families and those in need through hundreds of local events.
- All 30 teams will host local events across the country, with players, legends, coaches and teams – both NBA & affiliate league – engaging communities through education, health, wellness & hands-on service
- OKC’s Isaiah Hartenstein served meals for Thanksgiving, the Pistons donated food and household essentials for Season of Giving
- Philly’s Tyrese Maxey hosted his annual Turkey Giveaway, distributing 3,000 holiday meals, while Dylan Harper helped lead the Spurs annual Turkey Drive
- The Wolves held their annual Holiday Shopping Event, surprising young fans with a shopping spree alongside players, while the Hawks packed 1 million meals at State Farm Arena
- Cleveland’s Jarrett Allen brought holiday cheer to Open Doors Academy students and Houston’s Jabari Smith surprised residents from the Julia C. Hester Community Center with a Thanksgiving meal
- The Knicks hosted a fall dinner that served 250 families affiliated with the NYC Department of Homeless Services
- And for the 28th year, the Pacers provided warm meals and winter essentials inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Hoosiers in need
Join the NBA Family in making a difference this holiday season. Visit NBACares.com to learn how you can help, and follow #NBACares on social as the NBA family highlights charitable efforts from now through Dec. 31.
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The lifespan of lip filler is brief. It’s injected, molded, and quickly absorbed back into the system. Lately, hidden in between the needle and admiring your new pouty grin, a secret third step has crept in: AI.
College students working two jobs, rushing to submit coursework, and maintaining a social life don’t give up looking their best. Time is the price to pay, and young people find themselves leaning on AI tools as a pocket beauty consultant.
Faith Fronduto, a senior at Boston University, understands how efficiency can outweigh effort when it comes to looking and feeling on par.
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NBC10 Boston Faith Fronduto, a senior at Boston University.
“We don’t really know what’s real and what’s not,” said Fronduto. “We then therefore feel tempted to contour as well—even if we think it’s wrong or it’s not authentic—just the sole need to fit in.”
The reality is this: in addition to homework and life advice, Gen-Z has found a new way to depend on AI: beauty. And according to experts, it’s forecasted to stay circulating in their daily routine for years to come.
To explore this issue, NBC10 Boston collaborated with Boston University journalism students taking an in-depth reporting class taught by investigative reporter Ryan Kath. We took a deep dive into the presence of AI in social media and broadly, the beauty industry.
AI is a skyrocketing presence in the beauty industry
AI isn’t just simply creeping into the industry, it’s becoming the heart and soul of it. According to a report by The Business Research Company, AI in the beauty industry is expected to skyrocket by 21% in 2029, a whopping $5 billion increase.
A wave of tools such as “color-matching technologies, virtual try-on technologies, personalized beauty recommendations, chatbots for customer support, AR-based beauty content creation,” are rewriting how we perceive ourselves and others.
Experts studying the effects of AI say that pressure to look “snatched,” Gen-Z lingo for perfect, has only intensified as AI-altered images circulate faster than ever.
Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, founder and owner of The Spiegel Center, a plastic surgery practice specializing in feminization facial and body surgery, said patients now arrive at appointments with a clear expectation of their ideal “after.”
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NBC10 Boston Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel with NBC10 Boston’s AI reporter Brianna Borghi
“People will come in with photos of others that have used artificial intelligence or other visual modification software to look more like themselves,” said Speigel, “What we’re seeing is a more empowered and a more knowledgeable group of young women who come in because they know there are things they can do.”
Spiegel noted he has long noticed the trend for young women wanting to preserve their youth, counteracting the signs of aging around the eyes and between the eyebrows using facelifts and blepharoplasties. Now, he said clients define attractiveness as matching the digitally enhanced image of themselves made with the quick click of the “retouch” wand on social media platforms.
“You know what’s going on is that with social media and the omnipresent telephone and screens in our lives,” said Spiegel, “We are subjected to so many images in such rapid succession, like has never happened at any time in human history.”
‘No escape from this idea of what bodies should look like’
Dr. Jill Walsh, founder of Digital Aged Consulting Group and researcher and lecturer at Boston University, studies how social media shapes teens’ lives and how parents can guide their children to use technology intentionally. Her work connects digital behavior and psychology, exploring how AI and algorithms especially affect young women.
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NBC10 Boston Dr. Jill Walsh, founder of Digital Aged Consulting Group and researcher and lecturer at Boston University.
During a focus group in October with a group of young women, Walsh jotted a variety of words on a whiteboard like “Ozempic,” “body neutral,” and “body positivity.”
Among all the categories, the women wanted to talk about one thing in particular: the messages they received about their bodies on social media.
“All we’re ever doing is talking about and policing bodies,” Walsh observed. “Even body positivity is still all about your body, right? And there’s sort of no escape from this idea of what bodies should look like.”
In her mind, AI is going down a darker hole than meets the eye. One of the most alarming developments, she notes, is deep fakes or AI-generated videos that take real people – from family members to politicians or yourself – to make them say or do whatever they want.
“I can take this body and put my face on it and that’s getting better and better,” Walsh said, while gesturing towards herself. “I do worry about the idealized version of what we’re going to be seeing. I think all of those are really front of mind for me right now.”
If people continue to doomscroll through TikTok, X, or Instagram and see endless content of nose jobs, face edits, or AI-generated supermodel versions of themselves, these behaviors slowly become normalized, Walsh opined.
Women are not measuring themselves up with the regular Calabasas supermodels and influencers, but with digitally perfected versions of their own faces.
Walsh said it is hard to pinpoint how this fast-moving, sophisticated technology is taking effect on young women, but she does know that it exploits psychological trends that have infamously shown to have dangerous effects.
“We’re always looking for the person who has more,” Walsh said. “What we do know for sure is that comparison is really bad for our well-being, and for some people can lead to anxiety, depression, disordered eating.”
‘You feel tempted to apply a filter to fit in’
According to a report published by Pew Research Center, public commentary generally assumes Gen Z to be the most frequent users of AI. College students are often accused of using AI to manage coursework, but the role of AI in a student’s life before and after class is lesser known.
“If I’m trying to compare products like a certain, you know, lipstick or blush and compare prices and show me, okay, where can I get this for the lowest price?” said Fronduto, “You’re putting in pictures and getting a completely different output, and you’re asking it to change things.”
Social media should be an enjoyable platform to interact and connect with friends, but undetectable AI and digital enhancement has skewed reality and set unrealistic expectations on users, Fronduto believes.
“You feel tempted to apply a filter to fit in thinking that, Oh, I’m just enhancing myself,” Fronduto said. “It’s tempting and I can empathize. Even the filters that make your lips look better and your nose look better, everything is kind of the touch of a button.”
The story was written by Hijazi and Vineeth and edited by Kath.
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NBC10 Boston Celine Hijazi and Anaina Vineeth.
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