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I Used AI To Find Out What These 21 Historical Figures Would Look Like In Modern Times
Due to the elevated status of celebrities, we often forget that they are normal people, just like anyone else. But the glitz and glamour dazes us, and we forget that, if only for a moment. Same applies to famous historical personalities, and even to a greater extent: we can only see them through the works of (usually) great artists, and this dash of artistic genius always make these personalities look like demigods from a long-gone era of heroic men and women. But just like with celebrities, there's a reason to believe that they were normal regular people, despite their great achievements and stories about them.
This is why I wanted to take another look at these historical personalities and try to imagine them as if they lived in modern times. One of the perks of modern times is that everybody's fashion doesn't tell as much about their social status as it once did, and it makes them look equal, like you and me.
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#1
Vincent Van Gogh
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#2
Alexander The Great
#3
Anne Of Cleves
#4
Napoleon Bonaparte
#6
Julius Caesar
Beatrice Multhaupt 4 years ago
The one on the left takes over countries while the one on the right raids corporations. Is it progress that we now use cell phones?
#7
Marcus Aurelius
#9
Sandro Botticelli
#10
George Washington
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Also, if he lived in this day and age, he'd have much better teeth!
#11
William Shakespeare
#12
Rembrandt
#13
Caesar Augustus
#14
Marie Antoinette
GadgetGirl 4 years ago
It's like the AI gave up after the nose. Face isn't round enough...should be oval not triangle. Mouth too wide, too.
#15
Queen Nefertiti
Jessica Allred 4 years ago
I think if the face was at the same angle in both shots it would be better. Though she does have the wrong nose.
#16
Mona Lisa
#17
Caligula
#18
Catherine The Great
#19
Queen Elizabeth I
#20
Mary Tudor
#21
Da Vinci's "Salvador Mundi"
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What do you think ?
Mimi M 4 years ago
Don't mind all my picky critiques. This was interesting to look at and you did a nice job! Well done.
Shine Caramia 4 years ago
I've seen lots of AI interpretations, but they all still seem a bit out of reach. If you had told me that these are real people,I would have believed you. It's really impressive.
Simon Murray 4 years ago
From what I understand, they are real people. The artist/author worked with an image database, the AI helped to identify approximate matches for faces in the database ,then the human spent some hours sifting through this AI selected subset to find the best match to the art work.
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Jason Lindbeck 4 years ago
It's in the article, Artbreeder followed by Faceapp to finish
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Mimi M 4 years ago
Don't mind all my picky critiques. This was interesting to look at and you did a nice job! Well done.
Shine Caramia 4 years ago
I've seen lots of AI interpretations, but they all still seem a bit out of reach. If you had told me that these are real people,I would have believed you. It's really impressive.
Simon Murray 4 years ago
From what I understand, they are real people. The artist/author worked with an image database, the AI helped to identify approximate matches for faces in the database ,then the human spent some hours sifting through this AI selected subset to find the best match to the art work.
Load More Replies... Jason Lindbeck 4 years ago
It's in the article, Artbreeder followed by Faceapp to finish
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