Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Has anyone tried Adobe Firefly as a way to try out different hairstyles? I've found it quite a fun tool for imagining new styles. You can do the same with clothing but I'm not posting my fat butt on here ha ha! I'm just using the free daily option. I'm not suggesting people post the results on here I just though some of you might find it a useful tool.
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You look great and nice to try all those different styles. I'll give that a try myself sometime.

I used a similar app to try different styles and colors. Once I figured out what I thought looked best, I went online to shop for wigs. Most of the full-coverage wigs were too hot, so I switched to toppers. The hardest part is dying my hair to match the color of the topper, but I eventually figured it out.

Some apps will let you try makeup the same way. Try different colors of lipstick, eyeshadow, etc. There are some that will let you experiment with eyebrow tint and shapes. It is a great way to experiment for free.

Don't just go by what you like. Ask a trusted friend what they like. If they pick the same ones you did, you have a winner!

Quote from: Lori Dee on March 20, 2026, 10:31:12 AMI used a similar app to try different styles and colors. Once I figured out what I thought looked best, I went online to shop for wigs. Most of the full-coverage wigs were too hot, so I switched to toppers. The hardest part is dying my hair to match the color of the topper, but I eventually figured it out.

Some apps will let you try makeup the same way. Try different colors of lipstick, eyeshadow, etc. There are some that will let you experiment with eyebrow tint and shapes. It is a great way to experiment for free.

Don't just go by what you like. Ask a trusted friend what they like. If they pick the same ones you did, you have a winner!

Didn't know about the makeup Lori, That's something I could try though to be honest I just like experimenting for real there. I'm just playing around really, not thinking of changing my style as I think I've found "my look" as it were. Could be fun for others if they haven't tried it.

My profile picture is AI. I looked for change my gender. I can only hope I can look that good

Okay I will temporarily put up an AI generated picture of me, created by one of our very own staff members here!  It features me as a blonde.  I will post it as my avatar, so it will not be up that long. 

She made me up very pretty and a little younger looking.  I would not need FFS with this face.

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 04:25:01 PMOkay I will temporarily put up an AI generated picture of me, created by one of our very own staff members here!  It features me as a blonde.  I will post it as my avatar, so it will not be up that long.  She made me up very pretty and a little younger looking.  I would not need FFS with this face.

Chrissy

Good picture. Not sure of the likness

You can also do it in google Gemini. Tell it to create an image based off of your headshot with the hair style and color in question.

Quote from: Susan on March 20, 2026, 06:43:02 PMYou can also do it in google Gemini. Tell it to create an image based off of your headshot with the hair style and color in question.

Susan,

You sure know about so many things.  🙂

Chrissy

Quote from: Susan on March 20, 2026, 06:43:02 PMYou can also do it in google Gemini. Tell it to create an image based off of your headshot with the hair style and color in question.

Yeah most AI apps with an image generator can do it. Like I say I'm just doing it for a laugh but I've often heard people on here saying they are struggling to find a feminine style. This could actually aid you with that. Of course it does mean giving an AI an image of yourself which some may not like.

Second image in the top row, Sarah.

I have never, ever been someone to do a fringe... or bangs as they call it outside the UK... but yeah.

As someone way too indoctrinated from the "Terminator" movies... I have kind of an aversion to AI. I do kind of like the whole "50 Shades of Sarah" though.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 07:27:46 PMAs someone way too indoctrinated from the "Terminator" movies... I have kind of an aversion to AI. I do kind of like the whole "50 Shades of Sarah" though.

I was going to the bank one time, and there was a work van in the parking lot that was from a security company called "Skynet security." I said to myself: "Sarah O'Conner tried to warn us." 🙃

I've tried the face swap app and I used the gender swap filter. I have a few of the pictures it generated. I've tried a few different apps, but didn't like the way they came out.

Quote from: Alana Ashleigh on March 20, 2026, 09:18:01 PMI was going to the bank one time, and there was a work van in the parking lot that was from a security company called "Skynet security." I said to myself: "Sarah O'Conner tried to warn us." 🙃

Haha, they tried to warn us! People are kind of wilfully ignorant. 50 years of sci fi, warning about AI... Isaac Asimov... yeah we know how dangerous AI can be. What's the first thing we do? Give it access to the whole of the internet, train it to be smarter than we are, and monopolise resources like the whole cryto-mining thing taken to the next level. Doesn't matter as long as your talking toaster can make you some toast. Or you can hold a rudimentary conversation with ChatGPT. Doesn't matter that they're burning through every GPU made, because the companies that make them, make billions off it.

We are too stupid to be smart.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 09:29:51 PMHaha, they tried to warn us! People are kind of wilfully ignorant. 50 years of sci fi, warning about AI... Isaac Asimov... yeah we know how dangerous AI can be. What's the first thing we do? Give it access to the whole of the internet, train it to be smarter than we are, and monopolise resources like the whole cryto-mining thing taken to the next level. Doesn't matter as long as your talking toaster can make you some toast. Or you can hold a rudimentary conversation with ChatGPT. Doesn't matter that they're burning through every GPU made, because the companies that make them, make billions off it.

We are too stupid to be smart.

The really scary part is that they are using AI to make military decisions. Even ChatGPT warns to check important information because it can be wrong.

As I recall, wasn't SkyNet supposed to be part of a missile defense system? Like, say, a certain Orange Man's Golden Dome?

And who were the people sitting with him during the Inauguration Ceremony? Space-X owner Elon Musk, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Sam Altman CEO of OpenAI, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, among many politicians and businessmen from various countries.

Nope, nothing to see here. Just connecting the dots.

Downward bangs can be pretty. 

Side-swept bangs too though.

I also heard they are called fringes.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 20, 2026, 10:08:30 PMDownward bangs can be pretty. 

Side-swept bangs too though.

I also heard they are called fringes.

Yeah that's what we call it in the UK, Chrissy. People have a fringe, not bangs. I never understood where that term came from. For myself, no I never could do that. It was too much of a hassle. But I love it on other people. Kind of like tattoos.

Our own @Sarah B... she has the most amazing hair. And she is quite beautiful. That girl makes a fringe look quite phenomenally sexy. She is the Australian equivalent of Claudia Winkleman. If you've got it, flaunt it.

Quote from: Lori Dee on March 20, 2026, 09:58:22 PMThe really scary part is that they are using AI to make military decisions. Even ChatGPT warns to check important information because it can be wrong.

As I recall, wasn't SkyNet supposed to be part of a missile defense system? Like, say, a certain Orange Man's Golden Dome?

And who were the people sitting with him during the Inauguration Ceremony? Space-X owner Elon Musk, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Sam Altman CEO of OpenAI, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, among many politicians and businessmen from various countries.

Nope, nothing to see here. Just connecting the dots.

It shifted during the movies, yeah. But in the third movie, it was supposed to be this military defence system, which got infected by a virus. And... that's how it all kicked off. Probably the most realistic of all the movies.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2026, 07:27:46 PMSecond image in the top row, Sarah.

I have never, ever been someone to do a fringe... or bangs as they call it outside the UK... but yeah.

As someone way too indoctrinated from the "Terminator" movies... I have kind of an aversion to AI. I do kind of like the whole "50 Shades of Sarah" though.

Ha ha! I wasn't fishing for style advice Lauren but I think you might have a point, it does kind of suit me.

Quote from: Alana Ashleigh on March 20, 2026, 09:18:01 PMI was going to the bank one time, and there was a work van in the parking lot that was from a security company called "Skynet security." I said to myself: "Sarah O'Conner tried to warn us." 🙃

Ha ha! If you think that's bad, the UK's homegrown secure military satellite communication system is called "Skynet". You would think they could have picked a less worrying name wouldn't you!

I mean... if it leads to Linda Hamilton doing pull ups in a mental asylum... I am weirdly okay with that. :P

Im sorry to myck Termiator as a tooth to much AI is bad

It is tough to figure out what is real and what is fake for images and video and probably everything!

This should alarm people as there can be great abuse and harm by evildoers.

So what is the practical solution to deter this abuse? 

Hard to say. There are freedom issues and privacy issues

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 29, 2026, 04:45:42 PMIt is tough to figure out what is real and what is fake for images and video and probably everything!

This should alarm people as there can be great abuse and harm by evildoers.

So what is the practical solution to deter this abuse? 

Using it as a tool to help decide on hairstyles isn't too bad and it has huge benefits for rapid data analysis for medical breakthoughs and the like. But when it starts distoting the truth in news and people can't tell reality from fakery it becomes a big problem.

It may not be possible to stop it, the genie is out of the bottle now worryingly. Things like facebook are rife with AI lies for example.

One thing that is extremely worying is it's increasing use in the military. In the Iran war for example. AI is picking the targets! It has got some decisions very wrong like the girls school in Tehran.

I don't think anything can be done. While ever human beings exist,  there will be malicious and dishonest activities. Human emotion is the problem and any technology will ultimately be evaluated for good and bad activities.

The solution...drown out the lies and bad intent with truth and compassion. Use the technology for good. Find ways to enhance yours and others lives with AI. it's a force multiplier. It can amplify good or bad intent.

The only thing we need to watch out for - programming bias into what should be impartial models.

Charlotte 😻

Some AI image generators embed code to identify them as AI-generated. Some AI-generated text documents do the same, but they are easier to edit than images, making it easier to remove the identifiers.

As stated, it is a tool, so it can be used for good or bad. I just fear that humanity will rely on it far too much. We saw this ages ago when they stopped teaching basic arithmetic skills and handed each student a calculator. We had a generation of graduates who could not balance a checkbook or make change at the cash register.

Now that the internet is on our phones, we don't need to learn anything; we just pull up a YouTube video and get the task done. My neighbor spends most of his days getting his "news" from YouTube, Facebook, and other social media sites. No verification. No thinking for himself. If it's on the internet, it must be true!

That is where bad AI comes into play. I am all in favor of it helping with research and exploration, but the keyword there is HELPING. Not doing it autonomously. People need to exercise their brains so they don't atrophy. But thinking is hard work. And as Wallace Wattles said back in 1910: "That is why so many people avoid it."

Quote from: Lori Dee on March 29, 2026, 05:48:38 PMSome AI image generators embed code to identify them as AI-generated. Some AI-generated text documents do the same, but they are easier to edit than images, making it easier to remove the identifiers.

As stated, it is a tool, so it can be used for good or bad. I just fear that humanity will rely on it far too much. We saw this ages ago when they stopped teaching basic arithmetic skills and handed each student a calculator. We had a generation of graduates who could not balance a checkbook or make change at the cash register.

Now that the internet is on our phones, we don't need to learn anything; we just pull up a YouTube video and get the task done. My neighbor spends most of his days getting his "news" from YouTube, Facebook, and other social media sites. No verification. No thinking for himself. If it's on the internet, it must be true!

That is where bad AI comes into play. I am all in favor of it helping with research and exploration, but the keyword there is HELPING. Not doing it autonomously. People need to exercise their brains so they don't atrophy. But thinking is hard work. And as Wallace Wattles said back in 1910: "That is why so many people avoid it."

You are so right about the calculator thing. People used to learn the times tables by rote but my primary school said no, it was for the children and parents to learn it themselves, here's a calculator. As a result I am hopeless at mental arithmatic, put a calculator in my hand and I will happily carry out degree level engineering mathematics but remove that calculator and out come the fingers!

It is the same with using laptops in school and emails or texts to communicate. The younger generations cannot do handwriting and cannot write letters or communicate properly it is a major disadvantage for them in the workplace.

AI is going destroy peoples abilities to gather reliable information, make informed choices or write reports or do coursework etc.

One of my interests is photography and it is getting to the point were AI generated images are indistiguishable from real photographs which could end the careers of professional photographers. The movie business is suffering the same way.

I'm beginning to regret posting this thread now, I'm indirectly contributing to the whole problem I suppose.

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 30, 2026, 03:28:42 AMYou are so right about the calculator thing. People used to learn the times tables by rote but my primary school said no, it was for the children and parents to learn it themselves, here's a calculator. As a result I am hopeless at mental arithmatic, put a calculator in my hand and I will happily carry out degree level engineering mathematics but remove that calculator and out come the fingers!

It is the same with using laptops in school and emails or texts to communicate. The younger generations cannot do handwriting and cannot write letters or communicate properly it is a major disadvantage for them in the workplace.

AI is going destroy peoples abilities to gather reliable information, make informed choices or write reports or do coursework etc.

One of my interests is photography and it is getting to the point were AI generated images are indistiguishable from real photographs which could end the careers of professional photographers. The movie business is suffering the same way.

I'm beginning to regret posting this thread now, I'm indirectly contributing to the whole problem I suppose.

How and why?

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 30, 2026, 06:34:44 AMHow and why?

Because I was suggesting people should give AI a go to try out different hairstyles. Whilst harmless enough, I was actively promoting the use of AI which is actually not always a force for good.

My wife uses AI for papers and email. If she is trying to get a point across. She will pit it in AI then reword it to sound like her. Basically a template she uses for the base idea

Honestly I'm using chatgpt and copilot daily now. I have easily saved several days of work writing mundane parts of code, fixing coding errors, interpreting datasheets and doing calculations much faster.

Also been using it to search GRS reviews all over the internet and give me comparisons and estimated statistics.

I can't deny it makes so many things fast and clear. I still need to be in the driving seat though...for now!

Well without trying to offend anyone and perhaps I'm being an old fart but that all sounds like cheating to me! You could also just end up with generic reports, essays, letters, emails etc. It feels kind of soulless to me. I mean, I would imagine AI could write a novel but there wouldn't be any humanity in there so I don't think it has value.

Maybe I'm just a dinosaur from a dying breed! But I think there is a danger that people will start to rely too much on AI. It is easier to pick up mistakes when you write it yourself than when quickly checking through what an AI bot has done surely?

You wait until AI starts learning from and quoting AI

Quote from: PhilippaRees on March 30, 2026, 11:40:41 AMYou wait until AI starts learning from and quoting AI

Without wanting to don a tin foil hat, I feel we have seen this before in the movies!

I've already got the tin foil ready for my hat.

I use Grammarly, an AI tool that checks for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

(It just corrected me when I called it an AI bot to an AI tool. I must've touched a nerve.)
🤣

There is nothing wrong with using it to help with research, explore ideas, correct your writing, or write code. As long as you review what they present, edit as needed, and check for errors. If we don't check for errors and blindly accept anything it tells us, we start losing brain cells. A brain is like a muscle; you need to exercise it to keep it functioning.

Quote from: Lori Dee on March 30, 2026, 01:25:24 PMI use Grammarly, an AI tool that checks for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

(It just corrected me when I called it an AI bot to an AI tool. I must've touched a nerve.)
🤣

There is nothing wrong with using it to help with research, explore ideas, correct your writing, or write code. As long as you review what they present, edit as needed, and check for errors. If we don't check for errors and blindly accept anything it tells us, we start losing brain cells. A brain is like a muscle; you need to exercise it to keep it functioning.

So what I'm hearing is you telling me to det 8t so I don't make as many typos 🤔

Quote from: Dawn Kellie on March 30, 2026, 03:00:28 PMSo what I'm hearing is you telling me to det 8t so I don't make as many typos 🤔

It helps. It's free. But you still need to accept its suggestions, and it is sometimes wrong.

😆

Old McDonald had Chat GPT


AI   AI   OH

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 20, 2026, 06:31:26 AMHas anyone tried Adobe Firefly as a way to try out different hairstyles? I've found it quite a fun tool for imagining new styles. You can do the same with clothing but I'm not posting my fat butt on here ha ha! I'm just using the free daily option. I'm not suggesting people post the results on here I just though some of you might find it a useful tool.
(https://i.ibb.co/gZXqbZvN/Firefly-Gemini-Flash-Keeping-the-same-likeness-as-my-reference-image-Draw-a-3x3-grid-with-each-grid.png)

By the way, the middle picture on the bottom row is my favorite

Why did the AI break up with its partner?  We all know the obvious answer.

There were too many bugs in the relationship.

Why did the AI go to therapy?  This too is obvious. There were too many unresolved loops.

Ha ha! Thanks Kellie!