{"id":192787,"date":"2021-03-03T03:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deep-nostalgia-tool-animates-photos-with-creepy-results\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T03:19:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:19:45","slug":"deep-nostalgia-tool-animates-photos-with-creepy-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deep-nostalgia-tool-animates-photos-with-creepy-results\/","title":{"rendered":"#Deep Nostalgia tool animates photos with creepy results"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Deep Nostalgia tool animates photos with creepy results<\/strong>”
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This technology<\/a> was built in the name of nostalgia but is being used in the name of nonsense.<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, genealogy website MyHeritage announced a new tool for animating photos, called Deep Nostalgia. While the tech was intended to let users \u201cbring beloved ancestors back to life\u201d and \u201cexperience your family history like never before,\u201d many internet denizens have been finding far less wholesome app<\/a>lications for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I wanted to know how the recent #DeepLearning facial animations services do with busts and decided to give that botched Christiano Ronaldo statue<\/a> a spin,\u201d one Twitter<\/a> user captioned a \u201c#DeeplyDisturbed\u201d video<\/a> created with the MyHeritage software to show the bronze bust uncannily moving about.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An animated version of the Mona Lisa<\/a> is less disturbing, but still unsettling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSince that #DeepNostalgia thing is gaining popularity, I found something that #InternetNeverForgets,\u201d tweeted another user who experimented with the software to animate Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s face<\/a> mid-performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFrederick Douglass, the mighty abolitionist, was the single most photographed person in the United States during the nineteenth century. Here\u2019s how he might\u2019ve looked in motion. Brace yourself and press play,\u201d tweeted<\/a> a user who decided to use the tool for something closer to its intended purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Frederick Douglass, the mighty abolitionist, was the single most photographed person in the United States during the nineteenth century. Here’s how he might’ve looked in motion. Brace yourself and press play. pic.twitter.com\/HOxDK7jGyh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 La Marr Jurelle Bruce (@Afromanticist) February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

MyHeritage is aware that the tool \u2014 which uses tech developed by deep-learning company D-ID \u2014 could thrust photos deep into weird territory. <\/p>\n

\u201cSome people love the Deep Nostalgia feature and consider it magical, while others find it creepy and dislike it,\u201d the company wrote<\/a> in an FAQ section. \u201cIndeed, the results can be controversial and it\u2019s hard to stay indifferent to this technology.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

With that in mind, MyHeritage invites users to \u201cplease use this feature on your own historical photos and not on photos featuring living people without their permission.\u201d Moreover, the ability to include speech in the videos has purposefully not been included in order to \u201cprevent abuse.\u201d\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n