- Published on February 28, 2019
- In AI Features
Is The GAN-Powered Website ThisPersonDoesNotExist.Com Creepy Or Brilliant?
- By Amal Nair
At first glance, thispersondoesnotexist.com may look like nothing more than just a website that showcases random faces — but it’s not as simple as that. The website is proof of where artificial intelligence stands as of now and a sneak peek at what it may be capable of doing in the near future.
Thispersondoesnotexist.com displays an image of a person that doesn't actually exist but is generated by a Deep Neural Network. Every time one refreshes or reloads the page, one gets a new “fake” person.
Image of a person who doesn't exist. As real as it looks, the above image was generated by AI.
The website was created by Philip Wang, a software engineer at Uber, and based on a research paper published by NVIDIA to create an endless stream of fake portraits. It works on an und
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Amal Nair
A Computer Science Engineer turned Data Scientist who is passionate about AI and all related technologies.
Contact: amal.nair@analyticsindiamag.com
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