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UnRealBody: Inoculating Young People Against Harm from Unrealistic AI-Based Body Images

A growing body of research in psychology and sociology has shown that profound dissatisfaction with body image is an increasingly pressing problem among young people, partly due to media exposure, which is expected to worsen with AI-generated idealised bodies. In UnRealBody, we will develop an intervention to inoculate young people from harm from AI-generated idealised bodies and build digital resilience.

Team 

Prof. Dr. Janna Hastings, UZH Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care

Dr. Charlotte Tumescheit, UZH Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care

Dr. Paula Muhr, UZH Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care

Practice partner

Sandra Koenig Heuer, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Dr. Andrea Horn, UZH Zentrum für Gerontologie, UFSP Dynamik Gesunden Alterns

Running time: 2024-2025

Funding in the 3rd Rapid Action Call “Digital resilience: between deep fake and cyber creativity

Example of unrealistic images generated by AI (Generated by DALL-E 3), prompted by Paula Muhr
Example of unrealistic images generated by AI (Generated by DALL-E 3), prompted by Paula Muhr