Created by:
Ahnjili Zhuparris
Want to judge strangers based on their clothes? Learn how to automate fashion policing with this DIY recipe for your very own fashion surveillance bot.
AI isn’t magic. It’s messy, biased, and disturbingly easy to misuse. Artists shouldn’t hide that. They should make it visible, glitchy, and embarrassing in order to encourage the public to ask better questions. In her practice, Ahnjili Zhuparris builds plausible-but-problematic AI systems like the Fashion Police Drone, a flying judge that scans outfits and delivers sarcastic fashion verdicts. It flags nudity, gender cues, and cultural dress. It’s satire, but it’s also real. While it might feel like it sometimes, this isn’t sci-fi. In Iran, drones already help enforce dress codes. In stores, AI watches for “suspicious” shoppers. The line between joke and policy is often paper-thin. Use this DIY recipe to create your very own fashion surveillance bot. It’s all free, open-source, and disturbingly accessible. You can upload images, turn on your webcam, or plug it into your drone. No coding degree required. Just curiosity and questionable morals..
About the artist:
Ahnjili Zhuparris is an AI engineer and AI artist, whose artistic research and science communication efforts are dedicated to raising awareness about A.I. and algorithmic violence, which encompasses the violence that may arise from or be justified by automated decision-making systems.
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- If you’re not on the website already, go to aiaiai.art/fashion-police to find all the models and links listed in the following steps.
- Detect Clothes by Type Use a Segmentation Model to ID sweaters, jeans, hijabs, and more. Go to the link, and upload a photo or turn on your webcam. It labels outfits pixel by pixel. Creepy? Yes. Complicated? Nope.
- Spot School Uniforms Do you want to track students? Try out the tool Student Detector tool. With the same approach, you can target a specific demographic. No permission required.
- Browse More Judgmental Models From hard hats to hijabs to gym shorts, Roboflow has models for all your profiling needs: roboflow.com/universe. No gatekeeping. Just surveillance on demand.
- Point it at the world and then reflect Watch what happens. Ask yourself, should this type of technology be accessible and regulated