As of December, social media users are flooding their feeds with new, stunning, AI-digitized selfies, created with the viral photo editing app, Lensa AI. It’s taken Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter by storm.

And, it’s really no wonder, the creations make anyone feel amazing. Choose from over 20 different filters or art styles, upload a photo or 10 and go wild.

However, this new revelation comes with its fair share of criticism. Some users claim Lensa is openly stealing from independent digital artists; others are uncomfortable with signing over their digital faceprint, so to say, to a random app for good. The jury’s still out.

Once you upload your chosen photos, they’re out there forever, and any art creations created by Lensa are owned privately by the app for whatever they see fit.

Might it be AI adaptations, or just robotic-learning facial recognition opportunities, here are our thoughts on the matter…

What’s up with Lensa? How do you make your own digital portrait?

To create your digital portrait, you’ll need to download the app called Lensa. The photos aren’t free, prompting users to pay $3.99 for a batch of 50 edited photos or a discounted bulk rate of around $40 for a year (Prices change depending on popularity).

Once you’re in, you can upload as many photos as you’d like to cartoonify them in multiple artistic styles. Lensa AI will analyze your uploads and create a brilliant portrait in a matter of minutes to a full hour.

According to Lensa AI’s parent company, Prisma Labs, the app “will not use user content for anything other than applying photo filters, without your consent.” See for yourself in their privacy policy.

Is it catfishing to use AI-generated digital portraits as dating app profile photos?

As AI develops further and further, we anxiously anticipate the day when the human eye won’t be able to tell the difference between a glossed-up selfie or a completely digitized AI portrait, but the time is not now.

For posting on socials, we’re all for Lensa AI art. People here already know what you look like, so it’s more of showing off cool art of yourself than representing yourself in a first impression.

In our professional opinion, filters don’t land on dating apps, so chances are high that AI-generated images won’t do you justice.

“But Photofeeler gang, what’s wrong with digital portraits as profile pictures?”

We’ve found that digital image generators leave out small, intimate details that make you, you. Check out these Photofeeler scores with Lensa’s AI image. In addition to the lower ranking percentiles, we received multiple comments stating “the photo seems a bit artificial to me” and “would prefer it without the filter and effects.” Real recognize real.

Freckles? Might get lost in smoothed-over AI-generated art.

A sexy, suave, side smile? AI fails to capture these independent, individual facial features.

Plus, if you’re roleplaying as a greek god in your digital selfie, your dates won’t take well to you showing up as a mortal human.

Our Takeaways

We’re not here to yuck anyone’s yum.

If you’re raving about your digital AI-generated portrait, post it! Just think twice before loading up your valuable photo slots with purely robotized portraits.

Natural smiles, decent lighting, and an excellent personality-to-mystery ratio still reign king on dating apps.

Test your photo for free and get ready to snag real, human matches with a genuine profile picture as we propel full-force into the realm of computer-generated selfies.