The separation between (wo)man and machine is rapidly being dissolved before our eyes.

Nvidia’s Scary AI Generates Humans That Look 100% Real
Jesus Diaz · Freelance Writer
Tom's Guide
Dec 17, 2018
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Believe it or not, all these faces are fake. They have been synthesized by Nvidia’s new AI algorithm, a generative adversarial network capable of automagically creating humans, cats, and even cars.

The technology works so well that we can expect synthetic image search engines soon — just like Google’s, but generating new fake images on the fly that look real. Yes, you know where that is going — and sure, it can be a lot of fun, but also scary. Check out the video. It truly defies belief:

A Style-Based Generator Architecture for Generative Adversarial Networks

Tero Karras FI
Uploaded on Dec 12, 2018
https://youtu.be/kSLJriaOumA

According to Nvidia, its GAN is built around a concept called “style transfer.” Rather than trying to copy and paste elements of different faces into a frankenperson, the system analyzes three basic styles — coarse, middle, and fine styles — and merges them transparently into something completely new.