Over the last 12 months our nation has gone from being, existing, showing ourselves through a picture, to actually showing our face
This winter, new technology was developed that allows users to upload the face of someone, anyone, from any time, and the app will show you how they looked in motion, rather than frozen in time.
(Here’s the official pitch: Deep Nostalgia™ uses deep learning algorithms to produce remarkable results. You can animate any of the faces in your photos to see them move, blink, and smile. It works equally well on black and white photos and photos that were originally taken in color. Share the short animated videos of your ancestors smiling, blinking, and turning their heads with your friends and family and see what they think.)
Despite the hype, I found the results weird and creepy, and I am quite sure they bear no resemblance to the people they represent.
I never saw the Chofetz Chaim or Rav Shaye’le Kerestirer in real life, but I could immediately sense that the algorithm-generated version of their radiant faces in motion was counterfeit.
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