Move over, selfies—AI action figures are the new digital flex. Here’s how to make yours.

• Viral AI Trend: Everyone’s turning selfies into AI-generated action figures, flooding social media (even LinkedIn and ESPN).

• Easy & Free: Just upload a full-body photo to ChatGPT and use detailed prompts (e.g., plastic packaging, career-themed accessories).

• Repetitive but Popular: Most creations are generic (lanyard-clad professionals), yet the trend keeps growing due to its simplicity.

• Privacy Caveat: Requires sharing personal photos with AI—a trade-off to consider before joining the fun.

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A new AI trend is flooding social feeds with custom action figure renditions of users and celebrities. What began on TikTok and Instagram has now reached unlikely platforms like LinkedIn and even ESPN, which recently showcased AI-generated figures of athletes including Lionel Messi.

Let’s be honest – most of these AI figures are about as exciting as a corporate retreat. We’re drowning in ‘professional’ action figures clutching coffee mugs and lanyards. Yet somehow, the internet keeps churning them out – probably because it takes less effort than making actual content.

How to make your own AI action figure?

Want your own AI action figure? Fire up ChatGPT (it’s free!) and feed it this winning formula from @chatgptricks: Describe yourself in plastic packaging, decked out in work gear, surrounded by career-themed accessories, with your perfect expression. Boom – instant collectible!

For best results, experts suggest detailing specific accessories and background elements for your figure’s packaging. While uploading a full-body photo is required (and obvious), it’s worth pausing to consider your comfort level with sharing personal images with AI systems – even for something as playful as this trend.

 Image Generation Prompt Details

Prompt:
A digital painting in Afrofuturism style depicts Douglas Dwumor Tawiah as a heroic African action figure. He wears high-tech cyber-kente armor with glowing circuit patterns, an AI gauntlet on one arm, and futuristic shades. His eyes glow with laser energy. He stands in a powerful pose, arms crossed, in front of a high-tech jungle scene combining nature with advanced digital elements. His expression is confident and composed. The design is hyper-realistic, blending real likeness with sci-fi superhero aesthetics.

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