AI technology imagines what countries would look like as women

AI has become a hot topic in recent years and even more so in 2023, where artificially-generated art has become quite a controversial talking point.

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While the pros and cons list can probably go on for days, some people are using the tools at their disposal for some innocent fun.

Twitter user @cryptotea_, who is also an NFT artist, decided to use AI technology to create portraits of countries.

But not just any portraits.

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She wanted the system to use the information it has on different countries to create portraits of women who represent those countries. 

Alex, 20, told Buzzfeed: "I wanted to put AI to the test and see if it could not only pick up features of different people around the world, but also cultures — which it did (i.e. the cowboy hat for a woman imagined as the US)."

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The results are in and they are pretty spectacular:

While the future of AI and its different applications still remains a grey area, it clearly has the potential to eventually play a major role in various industries and in our daily lives.

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Main image courtesy of @CryptoTea_/Twitter