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Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by saint_fiasco » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #6

What's next? thisworlddoesnotexist.com? Generate an entire random world with people and everything in it from some ML experiement?

That's just Dwarf Fortress.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by projectramo » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

ChrisRR wrote: post #2

I don't get it. Is it a parody? A copy of an existing website? An attempt to see how many people will sign up without reading the URL or page? An actual startup with an "ironic" URL?

What's not to get? It's telephone calling on demand which is going to be the next youtube! I have already signed up for $89/month and sent them my resume! What a great idea. They already have three CEOs so I don't think 1 more can hurt, frankly.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by amelius » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

Are the founder images also deep-fakes, or are they of real people?

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by mlevental » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:37 PM UTC

kbumsik wrote: post #12

FYI: Press the refresh button. It generates a different fake compay every time you refresh it. Looks like it is kinda an AI research but I cannot get any detail behind it.

www.thispersondoesnotexist.com

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by dsfyu404ed » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:38 PM UTC

notjustanymike wrote: post #20

My first suspicion was seeing a company based out of Islamabad.

Business happens anywhere and everywhere. "No matter your transportation needs we can meet them with some combination of mopeds and small cars" sounds believable for a startup from any of the midsize cities in the region.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by martin-adams » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:38 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #6

What's next? thisworlddoesnotexist.com? Generate an entire random world with people and everything in it from some ML experiement?

Maybe someone is looking right at us now and is about to press the refresh button.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by Svip » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:38 PM UTC

Its address generation is a bit wonky. It doesn't respect address formats of different countries. It assumes all addresses follow this format: " street no. , , ".

An actual working random address generation would be kind of cool. But this really isn't. Plus, as far as I know, postal numbers are available from OpenStreetMaps' database or Google Maps.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by ltc5505 » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:39 PM UTC

buzzier wrote: post #10

ChrisRR wrote: post #2

I don't get it. Is it a parody? A copy of an existing website? An attempt to see how many people will sign up without reading the URL or page? An actual startup with an "ironic" URL?

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com https://thisrentaldoesnotexist.com https://thisvaginadoesnotexist.com

You should have a NSFW warning on the last one for people mindlessly clicking the links like I did.

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by codevark » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:40 PM UTC

It does now. :)

Re: This Startup Does Not Exist

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Post by est31 » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:41 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #6

What's next? thisworlddoesnotexist.com? Generate an entire random world with people and everything in it from some ML experiement?

What if we already lived in such a world? Generated for no particular reason just for "hey look I can generate worlds randomly". I guess you should enjoy your life until the tab is being closed!