11-11-2018, 09:24 PM
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/wa...w-you-can/
Last month, in a world first, auctioneers at Christie's sold a series of paintings created by an artificially intelligent artist. One of the portraits, depicting a fictitious 19th-century aristocrat called “Edmond de Belamy", sold for an impressive $432,500 – more than 40 times the amount the experts at Christie's predicted ($7,000-$10,000).
If you don't happen to have half a million bucks floating around your pocket or would prefer something a tad more personal, do not fear. Luca Stornaiuolo and Mauro Martino have developed a website where you can upload a selfie and have your very own portrait "painted" by a robot.
According to the website, "the intention is to share the experience of being portrayed by an AI algorithm, to discover how AI sees you. There is no willingness to improve or deform the starting picture.”
It involves a type of technology called a Generative-Adversarial Network (GAN). In the past, these have been used to create everything from scarily persuasive deepfakes to hilariously bad Halloween masks.
Okay, so, I don't have half a million dollars lying around. And, even if I did, I could probably find a real artist who could paint a good portrait of me, with money left over.
However, it's impressive to know that the technology exists!
Last month, in a world first, auctioneers at Christie's sold a series of paintings created by an artificially intelligent artist. One of the portraits, depicting a fictitious 19th-century aristocrat called “Edmond de Belamy", sold for an impressive $432,500 – more than 40 times the amount the experts at Christie's predicted ($7,000-$10,000).
If you don't happen to have half a million bucks floating around your pocket or would prefer something a tad more personal, do not fear. Luca Stornaiuolo and Mauro Martino have developed a website where you can upload a selfie and have your very own portrait "painted" by a robot.
According to the website, "the intention is to share the experience of being portrayed by an AI algorithm, to discover how AI sees you. There is no willingness to improve or deform the starting picture.”
It involves a type of technology called a Generative-Adversarial Network (GAN). In the past, these have been used to create everything from scarily persuasive deepfakes to hilariously bad Halloween masks.
Okay, so, I don't have half a million dollars lying around. And, even if I did, I could probably find a real artist who could paint a good portrait of me, with money left over.
However, it's impressive to know that the technology exists!
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