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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is fascinating: bas uterwijk uses AI to create portraits of famous historical figures
https://www.designboom.com/technology/bas-sterwijk-artbreeder-ai-famous-portraits-07-11-2020Based in amsterdam, bas uterwijk is a freelance photographer that uses GAN (generative adversarial network) to generate hyper-realistic portraits of famous historical figures. trained with thousands of photographs, these deep learning networks are able to generate photographs that look at least superficially genuine to the human eye. from michelangelos david and napoleon to the statue of liberty, uterwijk uses artificial intelligence to create photography-type images that might give us an idea of how these people really looked like.
Dubbed the A.I. generated portraits, this series of images by bas uterwijk has been created with artbreeder, an AI software that spots common facial features and qualities from the paintings and statues. the program throws different options for uterwijk to pick from, who then continues with the editing of the image. his approach is somehow artistic as he has to decide on hair and eye color for the statues. as for the paintings, its a bit easier as he feeds the AI with different images meaning that the more paintings available on the subject, the more information the artist has to complete the job.
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SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)Dave in VA
(2,041 posts)This is cool. Next, give them motion and a voice.
The matrix is just around the corner!
(hehe)
/sarcasm
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)Statue of David
https://postimg.cc/kDwm7GnR]
Jesus
https://postimg.cc/B8WWm1Ck]
Napoleon
https://postimg.cc/4YHkv1pp]
https://postimg.cc/MvFJjLfW]
Aristus
(66,509 posts)Beautiful, stern, looking ready to kick autocratic tyranny in the ass...
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)Jesus is kinda handsome as he really was.
JustAnotherGen
(32,001 posts)I'd be all over J.C.! He's a hottie!
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)Edit to add: HOLY MOLY!!!
Lars39
(26,117 posts)escapes me. Argh! Thatll bug me for days.
jayfish
(10,040 posts)ON EDIT:
Ok, I'm convinced that this "AI" created pic of GW borrowed heavily from David Warner. His grin even bends the same way.
PatSeg
(47,711 posts)Lars39
(26,117 posts)hedda_foil
(16,376 posts)Lars39
(26,117 posts)But isnt genetics fun.
snort
(2,334 posts)Lady Liberty was Hot!
csziggy
(34,139 posts)Van Gogh looks like Tom Goodman-Hill:
That is terrific.
Could he do the Mona Lisa? It would be interesting to see what she looks like with modern hair and clothing.
chowder66
(9,098 posts)There was very little to be done and especially so with the girl with the pearl earring. She is relatively unchanged. He credits the artist with the technology he used at the time comparing it to some technology he uses today.
Volaris
(10,278 posts)Wednesdays
(17,462 posts)In a lot of cases, rather creepy-goofy-fake looking.
But a few of them are pretty good. I especially like how they did Bach, Mahler, and Handel.
https://www.wfmt.com/2017/05/31/composers-smile/amp/
DavidDvorkin
(19,504 posts)Nevilledog
(51,268 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,504 posts)His Jesus Christ image is purely imaginary. It isn't based on anything real, unlike the paintings he used of actual historical figures.
Nevilledog
(51,268 posts)Didn't see anything on his site that explained his choice to include Jesus.