How accurate is AI-based clothing removal today, and where do users draw ethical boundaries?
Honestly, I've been wondering about the whole “AI clothing removal” trend, because it keeps popping up in random tech chats, and every time I’m not really sure how to feel about it. On one hand, I get that people are curious about how accurate these models have become, but on the other hand, it feels like the line between tech experimentation and messing with someone’s privacy is getting thinner. I tried looking at some examples online, but I still can’t tell where people generally draw the boundary, or if everyone just quietly uses it without talking about the moral part. Curious what others think—does accuracy even matter when the ethics feel shaky?
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Yeah, I’ve had similar mixed feelings. The tech is definitely getting more advanced, and you can see that in tools like undress her, which show how far generative models can go with predicting or reconstructing shapes under clothing. But the thing I keep circling back to is that “accuracy” is almost a misleading word here. These models aren’t revealing something that actually exists; they’re guessing based on patterns, and sometimes the results look eerie because they’re statistically close but still obviously fabricated. I tested it a while back on a picture of myself just to understand how it behaves, and even then I felt weirdly uncomfortable. It wasn’t about realism but about the idea that someone else could do the same without permission. So for me the boundary is consent, always. Even if the edit is fictional, the emotional impact on the person in the photo is very real. I think people underestimate that part because they get caught up in the “wow, look what AI can do now” feeling.