This Person Does Not Exist

Now artificial intelligence posed an interesting question to me. What am I doing when I see a photo of a face? I automatically assume it’s a living person, because real photos always depict real persons, even if distorted or photoshopped.

When you visit the site This person does not exist, you’ll see a single portrait. No text, no menu, only a human face. When you refresh the page, you’ll be presented another portrait. They are quite diverse. You may see a young boy with a faint smile around his lips. Or it may be the portrait of a thoughtful old lady wrinkled face framed with white hair. The photo of the boy looks so real that you automatically tell his story imaginary story to yourself. Who is the old lady? She can’t be his grandma, she seems to be coming from a higher class. But they are not living persons. There is no human behind the face. These photos are only pixels generated by an algorithm.