Via Web Curios (a lot more to explore in the weekly bulletin), we are directed towards an AI assisted photo editing platform—yes, these are probably a dime-a-dozen and we subject ourselves to a feedback loop of recursive learning and the quandary of creation with such digital personae, indulging a kind of perfection in imperfection and uncanniness, the fidelity degrading over the iterations—but this Human Generator is kind of fun. Like playing with paper dolls, Sims, Miis or Yahoo! Avatars, the application which maps to one’s face if you choose, can be dressed up and altered in a variety of ways with textual and preset inputs to experiment with. Give it a try and share what you come up with—especially if you don’t mind looking a bit thirty and swole, accounting for bias.
synchronoptica
one year ago: colour television in West Germany plus assorted links to revisit
two years ago: Rashomon (1950), St Genรจs, the feud between Salieri and Mozart, more links plus how to cut every cheese
three years ago: Voyager I leaves the Solar System (2012), more links to enjoy, more traditional units of measure plus a Number 10 stand-in
four years ago: premier of The Wizard of Oz (1939)
five years ago: weekly word watches from the OED, Letters from Iceland (1937) losing one’s marbles, an early attempt at weather control plus a local kite fest
