An AI video showing what Kardashians would look like without “surgery” sparks debate

A viral TikTok video purporting to show what the Kardashian-Jenner family would look like “without plastic surgery” through the use of artificial intelligence has sparked debate.

The video is the work of Australian streamer Vandahood Live, who uploaded the clip to TikTok last month. “AI shows Kardashians without plastic surgery,” reads a caption for the video.

The video begins with real footage of 25-year-old Kylie Jenner and then shows what she would supposedly look like without plastic surgery in an AI-edited clip. Jenner has been open about having lip fillers, but has previously denied having any additional cosmetic procedures.

The TikTok then focused on Khloe Kardashian, comparing how she looks to the “AI prediction.” In 2021, Kardashian revealed she had a rhinoplasty and injections and had also tried Botox, but found she had a “horrible” reaction to it.

Of course, there’s also an AI prediction of Kim Kardashian showing her current appearance alongside an edited version of the same footage, as well as a version of 66-year-old matriarch Kris Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian.

According to the streamers, the AI ​​version of Kris “actually brought her closer to a real 66-year-old,” while claiming “Kourtney looks the same.”

Keith of Vandahood Live told PetaPixel how they came up with the AI ​​generated results: “It took us three different AI software and two different standard graphics software and a whole week to pull it off. We had to take a different approach for each family member because each family member has changed differently over the years.”

However, on TikTok, where the video was captioned, “Which Kardashian or Jenner do you think had the greatest transformation?” It sparked debate in the comments section, with many viewers reacting negatively to the clip.

The majority of critics claimed that the AI ​​predictions were inaccurate because they were based on different or outdated makeup looks, with many claiming that the differences in makeup application were the only variations.

“Kim just has less makeup,” one person claimed, while another viewer said, “Kim and Kourt look the same just with different makeup.”

“It just puts old images on their faces. Same look just no makeup,” claimed another, a point echoed by a viewer who wrote, “KI??? It’s basically a copy and paste of their faces from 2007.”

Other viewers pointed out that the differences in appearance could also stem from age.

“It’s not an AI lol. These are just old photos of them,” one person wrote.

Another said: “I look completely different than I used to when I was younger without having plastic surgery so it’s unfair to Kylie to say that.”

“Honestly they really don’t look crazy different lmao and Kylie was in them like 15…I look COMPLETELY different from 15, unrecognizable,” pointed out another, while a viewer said, “I think as you grow, changes.” your face just looks natural.”

While speaking to PetaPixel, the streamers acknowledged the debate sparked by the video in the comments, adding that they did the experiment “really just out of curiosity and to see how well the tech could pull it off.”

“In the comments section of the TikTok video, there was all this debate about the influence of the Kardashians and the people who are either opposing them or defending them. But for us it wasn’t that deep, it was all just for entertainment purposes,” Keith said.

He added: “AI is still in its infancy and has a long way to go, but the future of entertainment will certainly be AI-heavy. This new world of AI has made it possible to do things that were impossible just a few years ago. It feels like every month a new AI tool is released that can do incredible things.”

The Independent reached out to Vandahood Live for comment.