{"id":2092,"date":"2019-02-19T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2019-02-18T08:49:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:49:37","slug":"these-ai-generated-human-faces-look-utterly-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/19\/these-ai-generated-human-faces-look-utterly-real\/","title":{"rendered":"These AI-generated human faces look utterly real"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thispersondoesnotexist.com\/\">ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com<\/a> is an AI-powered website that displays a random, computer-generated face each time you refresh your browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some examples &#8212; all fake. (These are 1\/4-resolution screen-grabs; the site produces higher-res images.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"623\" data-attachment-id=\"2097\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/19\/these-ai-generated-human-faces-look-utterly-real\/faceall\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/faceall.jpg?fit=636%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"faceall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/faceall.jpg?fit=636%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/faceall.jpg?resize=636%2C623&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/faceall.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/faceall.jpg?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>None of these people exist.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting&#8230; and spooky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More on the site and its tech: <a aria-label=\"ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tldr\/2019\/2\/15\/18226005\/ai-generated-fake-people-portraits-thispersondoesnotexist-stylegan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2092\">https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2092<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"6\" data-attachment-id=\"1999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/around-boston-the-nearly-snowless-winter-continues\/seperator-short-grey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"104,6\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SEPERATOR short grey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?resize=104%2C6\" alt=\"[seperator]\" class=\"wp-image-1999\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong>  on <strong>THIS ITEM?<\/strong> <em>See the<\/em> <strong>Comment box<\/strong> <em>at bottom of this page!<\/em><br><b><em><br><\/em>NEW QUESTION? <\/b><em>Ask<\/em><b> <u><font color=\"#000117\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/b>!<br><br>(<em>Want free notification of new content? 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More on the site and its tech: ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces Permalink: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2092<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,23,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-site","category-interesting-site","category-science-and-tech"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-xK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1012,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/13\/interesting-site-freelivetranscript\/","url_meta":{"origin":2092,"position":0},"title":"Interesting site: FreeLiveTranscript","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2018-11-13","format":false,"excerpt":"FreeLiveTranscript.com is an open-sourced, browser-based, speech-to-text application that creates \"live transcripts of speech on the web, that can be displayed (and edited) in real-time on a big screen, or watched on anybody's personal device.\" It's not really meant for personal speech-to-text\/dictation --- you can use it for that, but there\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interesting Site&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interesting Site","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/category\/interesting-site\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/freelivetranscript.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/freelivetranscript.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/freelivetranscript.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/freelivetranscript.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2082,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/17\/sunday-morning-listen-the-sounds-of-saturn\/","url_meta":{"origin":2092,"position":1},"title":"Sunday Morning Listen: the Sounds of Saturn","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2019-02-17","format":false,"excerpt":"Recordings released by NASA\/JPL let you listen to \"plasma waves moving from Saturn to its rings and its moon Enceladus... like an electrical circuit between the two bodies, with energy flowing back and forth.\" NASA\/JPL article: https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=7186 https:\/\/youtu.be\/hWHLCHv4PiI?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpKPaDTVy36z0U8GxoiIkZa Recording, if above embed doesn't work: https:\/\/youtu.be\/hWHLCHv4PiI Permalink: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2082","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cool Site&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cool Site","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/category\/cool-site\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/PLTiv_XWHnOZpKPaDTVy36z0U8GxoiIkZa\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1578,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/04\/a-reader-asks-have-you-heard-of-the-tutac-computer\/","url_meta":{"origin":2092,"position":2},"title":"A reader asks: &#8220;Have you heard of the TUTAC computer?&#8221;","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2019-01-04","format":false,"excerpt":"I hadn't, but I'm glad you asked (thanks!). 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