Stylists Will Soon Need to Say Out Loud: “This Is AI.”

Here’s something I need to say plainly — and some people won’t like it:

Stylists are going to have to start loudly saying “this is AI” when clients show them impossible photos.

The days of politely saying,
“This is filtered,”
or “This is edited,”
are over.

AI images don’t distort reality —
they invent it.

AI hair doesn’t frizz.
It doesn’t fade.
It doesn’t have cowlicks.
It doesn’t have undertones.
It doesn’t react to humidity.
It doesn’t follow the laws of physics.

So stylists are going to need to get comfortable saying, clearly:

“This isn’t real hair — this is AI.
Let’s talk about what’s actually possible on a real human head.”

Not to shame clients.
Not to panic them.
But because honesty will be the ONLY way to maintain trust.

Clients are being sold fantasy.
Stylists are the ones who have to pull people back into reality.

I used Midjourney, which is accessible through discord.com and dall-e-2 which is accessible on a browser through OpenAi.com

They are both text-to-picture artificial intelligence (AI), so you can create something that never even existed vs altering something in photoshop.

Now, here's the important part... copyright. With DALL-E 2, the creators get to keep the rights to the images they generate. But with Midjourney, the rules are a bit different - you can't claim exclusive rights to the images you create on the platform, or to others' creations.

And here's a recent update: The U.S. Copyright Office ruled that images created with Midjourney for a new comic book aren't protected by copyright law, which would also likely apply to images that were created in DALL-E-2. So, there you have it, friends - the AI world is fascinating, but let's navigate it wisely!

If people start creating images like this and can't actually do hair that looks like this, it's not going to end well for them.

However to use it to help generate ideas or inspiration, or use it for education, in my opinion, could be very interesting at least and potentially seriously disrupt education over the next several years. 

Again, this tech isn't going anywhere, so why not look for ways that it can help your business and the industry?

A lot of people that have the worst things to say have the most to lose if what they're selling can be replaced by Ai - which is absolutely a valid concern, but it's the same as a hairstylist who generates ai images of colors or cuts they don't have the skill to create - people are going to see through it and stop trusting them. 

I've seen this quote literally everywhere and it says "Ai won't take your job, but someone who understands how to use it will."

Open ai’s Dall-e 2 isn’t quite there yet (when I tested it). That doesn’t mean it won’t be on point in the very near future. However, Dall-E-2 did understand the prompt of "hairstylist taking a picture of a client with a dslr camera" when midjourney did not, the image quality was still sub-par and unusable. 

I was really impressed with Midjourney, some of the images I generated were pretty much undistinguishable from an actual photo, minus the typical ai blinders like weird hands, while some still had a “ai type feel” to them immediately.

I'll repeat - Guys, I’m not worried about this. I just want you to be aware of it and understand it’s out there and for all of us to put on our critical thinking caps and stay ahead of it.

There has been a rising tide of apprehension surrounding the advent of artificial intelligence, especially within the business coaching realm. This fear, often expressed in apocalyptic terms, followed by a sales pitch—inviting you to purchase a course or a smoke test to see if you’d be willing to pay for a course that could supposedly safeguard you from the very apocalypse they're predicting. I want you to have an open mindset because embracing a fearful and closed mindset isn't going to stop this technology or benefit you in any way.