Hosted by Center for Transformative Media

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the creator economy and influencer culture at lightning speed. From hyper-real virtual influencers to AI-generated video content that’s populating TikTok and Instagram, AI influencers erase the distinction between human imagination, machine automation, and promotion.

This webinar explores how synthetic content creators are redefining authenticity, labor, and identity online. With critical and creative lenses, they’ll explore how these trends unveil deeper questions regarding gender, race, and power in the generative media era—who gets represented, who gets erased, and how algorithmic aesthetics are globalizing new forms of digital labor and desire.