A new program can animate old photos. But there's nothing human about artificial inte

[signalmankenneth]

A new program can animate old photos. But there's nothing human about artificial intelligence

(CNN)It's hard to explain the mix of emotions that spark upon seeing a photo of Frederick Douglass

. And yet, there he is, blinking and nodding as if he were just alive yesterday, as if he hadn't died in 1895, years before film recording became commonplace.

His animated image and others like it -- at the same time unsettling, emotional, and a bit fantastical, are made possible by Deep Nostalgia, an artificial intelligence program from the genealogy platform MyHeritage.
As far as AI-animated images go, the technology behind these Harry Potter-esque photos isn't particularly complex.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/business/deep-nostalgia-myhertiage-ai-learning-trnd/index.html

[AProudLefty]

To Star Trek Holodecks here we go.

[AProudLefty]

Where's Abraham Lincoln?

[Yakuda]

A new program can animate old photos. But there's nothing human about artificial intelligence

(CNN)It's hard to explain the mix of emotions that spark upon seeing a photo of Frederick Douglass

. And yet, there he is, blinking and nodding as if he were just alive yesterday, as if he hadn't died in 1895, years before film recording became commonplace.

His animated image and others like it -- at the same time unsettling, emotional, and a bit fantastical, are made possible by Deep Nostalgia, an artificial intelligence program from the genealogy platform MyHeritage.
As far as AI-animated images go, the technology behind these Harry Potter-esque photos isn't particularly complex.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/business/deep-nostalgia-myhertiage-ai-learning-trnd/index.html

I've seen them and while it's interesting it's also quite creepy at the same time.

[Yakuda]

Where's Abraham Lincoln?

I've seen this with Lincoln

[AProudLefty]

maybe they are using this on Joe Biden?

[AProudLefty]

I've seen this with Lincoln

[Yakuda]

Interesting but creepy

[AProudLefty]

A new program can animate old photos. But there's nothing human about artificial intelligence

(CNN)It's hard to explain the mix of emotions that spark upon seeing a photo of Frederick Douglass

. And yet, there he is, blinking and nodding as if he were just alive yesterday, as if he hadn't died in 1895, years before film recording became commonplace.

His animated image and others like it -- at the same time unsettling, emotional, and a bit fantastical, are made possible by Deep Nostalgia, an artificial intelligence program from the genealogy platform MyHeritage.
As far as AI-animated images go, the technology behind these Harry Potter-esque photos isn't particularly complex.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/business/deep-nostalgia-myhertiage-ai-learning-trnd/index.html

The creepiness factor is called the uncanny valley.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

[AProudLefty]

Interesting but creepy

[AProudLefty]

A new program can animate old photos. But there's nothing human about artificial intelligence

(CNN)It's hard to explain the mix of emotions that spark upon seeing a photo of Frederick Douglass

. And yet, there he is, blinking and nodding as if he were just alive yesterday, as if he hadn't died in 1895, years before film recording became commonplace.

His animated image and others like it -- at the same time unsettling, emotional, and a bit fantastical, are made possible by Deep Nostalgia, an artificial intelligence program from the genealogy platform MyHeritage.
As far as AI-animated images go, the technology behind these Harry Potter-esque photos isn't particularly complex.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/business/deep-nostalgia-myhertiage-ai-learning-trnd/index.html

You think that is disturbing? Try this one.

[AProudLefty]

Holy fuck this is the Uncanny Valley galore.



What's next? Full body animation?

Makes you wonder if they have a new technology they use on Joe Biden that we don't know?????

[AProudLefty]

Holy fuck this is the Uncanny Valley galore.

What's next? Full body animation?

Makes you wonder if they have a new technology they use on Joe Biden that we don't know?????

Posted because apparently JPP doesn't like two videos in one post.