AI-made avatars for LinkedIn, Tinder, and more

As I say, another day, another specialized application of algorithmic fine-tuning. Per Vice:

For $19, a service called PhotoAI will use 12-20 of your mediocre, poorly-lit selfies to generate a batch of fake photos specially tailored to the style or platform of your choosing. The results speak to an AI trend that seems to regularly jump the shark: A “LinkedIn” package will generate photos of you wearing a suit or business attire…

…while the “Tinder” setting promises to make you “the best you’ve ever looked”—which apparently means making you into an algorithmically beefed-up dudebro with sunglasses. 

Meanwhile, the quality of generated faces continues to improve at a blistering pace:

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