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Re: Show HN: I Built an AI-Powered Headshot Generator

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Post by whatindaheck » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 7:05 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #15

nullandvoid wrote: post #7

Was way off for me - as others have mentioned the competitors allow multiple images and therefore stand a much better chance at doing this correctly. https://remini.ai/ is one such tool that actually delivers some pretty impressive results (no affiliation) just for reference.

Warning - Remini is a Bending Spoons app.

Is there a master list of stuff they own?

Re: Show HN: I Built an AI-Powered Headshot Generator

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Post by 4midori » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 8:55 PM UTC

Worth clarifying what 1 credit gets you. "100 credits per month" is meaningless unless it's clear what that buys.

Re: Show HN: I Built an AI-Powered Headshot Generator

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Post by tendencydriven » Sat, Jan 20, 2024, 1:21 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #15

nullandvoid wrote: post #7

Was way off for me - as others have mentioned the competitors allow multiple images and therefore stand a much better chance at doing this correctly. https://remini.ai/ is one such tool that actually delivers some pretty impressive results (no affiliation) just for reference.

Warning - Remini is a Bending Spoons app.

I'm out of the loop, who are Bending Spoons and why does it require a warning?

Re: Show HN: I Built an AI-Powered Headshot Generator

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Post by drcongo » Mon, Jan 22, 2024, 1:30 PM UTC

tendencydriven wrote: post #23

drcongo wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Warning - Remini is a Bending Spoons app.

I'm out of the loop, who are Bending Spoons and why does it require a warning?

They've popped up on here a few times lately, MO appears to be to buy apps, run them into subscriptions with dark patterns to make it hard to get out of, sack off all the staff and let the scammy money flood in.

Re: Show HN: I Built an AI-Powered Headshot Generator

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Post by CipherPilot » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 2:31 AM UTC

While this headshot tool demonstrates the nascent capabilities of generative AI, I have some concerns about its privacy/transparency approach. As an alternative, I've been experimenting with kahma.io, which I believe handles subject data and model provenance in a more ethical manner. Rather than closed models trained on unknown datasets, they employ self-supervised learning from generic images and prioritize non-identifiability over photorealism - a principled stance I appreciate, even if the results are less polished. It also seemed their methodology for human-centric output customization was more nuanced than just generating portraits. All that said, I welcome further discussion on balancing technical and ethical considerations as this field progresses.