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Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

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Post by Thorentis »

somenameforme wrote: post #25
dewey wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most companies strongly discourage you from submitting headshots already. At this point, it's considered unprofessional to submit a picture on an application.

Headshots are expected in CVs in the vast majority of the world. To my knowledge the big exceptions are US, UK, Canada, and Australia. But even there it's more like an "exception" since there's generally an unstated expectation that an employer can find more information, including a headshot, of you online.

> vast majority of the world

> minus the largest English speaking economies

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

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Post by quickthrower2 »

Thorentis wrote: post #61
somenameforme wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Headshots are expected in CVs in the vast majority of the world. To my knowledge the big exceptions are US, UK, Canada, and Australia. But even there it's more like an "exception" since there's generally an unstated expectation that an employer can find more information, including a headshot, of you online.

> vast majority of the world > minus the largest English speaking economies

There are more people in India than those 4 countries combined. Not sure of your point?

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

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Post by andrewstuart »

dannypostma wrote: post #35
chaychoong wrote: post #18

Looks oddly similar to https://headshotai.studio/ , some of their FAQ answers are exactly the same too. Not sure if they are owned by the same person, or if one of them copied the other.

Yeah they copied my other product, https://www.profilepicture.ai .

There’s hundreds maybe thousands of profile picture AI startups.

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

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Post by Phelinofist »

forgotusername6 wrote: post #33
shubhamjain wrote: post #28

Although impressive, many of the photos shown can't be passed off as authentic headshots. Many of the photos linked in the landing page itself have issues. Example [1]. But even if I ignore them most of them, there is something off. Maybe I am biased because I know it's AI-generated, but I also feel they look too polished for the real world. The facial skin isn't generally this perfect. And the bokeh looks like it ha…

The hands are a dead giveaway that it is AI as opposed to being simply photoshopped.

Can't unsee now: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrcQsBIaEAAYMmb.jpg

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

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Post by atlantic »

Great idea, and it may really work. The price point looks right for corporate clients, although a lower price point for a small number of photos for private individuals would be nice. Nobody cares if the photo looks a bit retouched. It'll look great on the team webpage or on LinkedIn.

Can I make a suggestion? A similar service is needed for dating purposes. Most people on dating websites have awful photos, the kind you take in front of the bathroom mirror. You'd probably need to offer three pictures: one a headshot, another full-body, and a third in a social setting (party, sports, whatever).

Offering this service, you might even be able to partner up with major dating sites.

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

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Post by [deleted] »

not-chatgpt wrote: post #48
keizo wrote: post #10

I follow you and Pieter Levels on twitter. Some wild things you guys create -- the control net things are unreal. I am continually impressed and inspired. If you're looking for critiques or improvements stating "Indistinguishable from real photos" seems a stretch as good as they are. Even if I were to use ai photos, I'd never try to pass them off as real. Seems dishonest. I'd push more towards a new thing, not sell a…

To generate realistic looking headshots, you need high quality training data (i.e. high quality headshots) of the person. Then what's stopping them from using stable diffusion and stylize those existing photos in the first place?

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