Is AI the Future of Digital Influencers?

The term "influencer" has been populating the digital sphere for a long time now, and so far, it has gone largely undefined. As we know it, an influencer can be anyone that holds influence over their audience, community, or platform. Celebrities, politicians, models were the original ones; then came strictly digital ones like YouTubers, bloggers, Instagram models, and even internet-famous pets. Now, we're in a place to, again, redefine who belongs within the term. We'll look at deepfakes, CGI models, digital actresses, robotic streamers, and Sophia the robot, which all seem to point towards a not-so-far future where our digital influencers could be made up by artificial intelligence.