Aurélie Jean is a doctor of science and an entrepreneur. She has notably published
On the other side of the Machine.
Voyage of a Scientist to the Land of Algorithms
(2019) and
Do Algorithms Make the Law?
(2021), published by L'Observatoire.
Thirty-three years after the hit animated feature
The Little Mermaid
, Disney Studios will launch its film adaptation in May 2023, starring actress Halle Bailey as Ariel.
Since the announcement and the first images of the film, the reactions have been numerous.
Among them, some criticize the choice of the actress, and in particular of her skin color, to play the white woman that we have historically had in mind.
The matter does not end there.
An artificial intelligence scientist had fun changing the face of the actress, replacing her with a white woman with light eyes using a video processing algorithm.
The Little Mermaid
then finds herself immersed in an algorithmic scandal that seems to escape…
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