Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by ashin » Thu, May 11, 2017, 4:25 PM UTC

Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo
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Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by Dimi9909 » Thu, May 11, 2017, 5:19 PM UTC

that's cool. Google always WOW people.

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by levesque » Thu, May 11, 2017, 5:21 PM UTC

The feature is technically interesting, but I don't care about Allo. There are enough silly messaging apps out there, evolving in their own silos. I miss the days of the XMPP protocol.

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by pwaivers » Thu, May 11, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

This actually looks pretty cool. Some initial thoughts:

- I have never used Allo or really even know what it is. I am downloading it now though.

- I hope it does more than just auto-create a Bitmoji character. I wonder how its going to distinguish itself from other avatar creating apps.

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by spiderfarmer » Thu, May 11, 2017, 5:51 PM UTC

levesque wrote: post #3

The feature is technically interesting, but I don't care about Allo. There are enough silly messaging apps out there, evolving in their own silos. I miss the days of the XMPP protocol.

I have always trouble remembering where a message came in. I have SMS / iMessage, Messenger, Whatsapp, 5 e-mail accounts and a Forum Inbox to worry about. And since you can't exactly flag messages as 'to do' I have to answer immediately or risk forgetting to reply.

I hate that.

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by 0x006A » Thu, May 11, 2017, 5:54 PM UTC

First I have to use a phone number to use an internet based chat system, now I should be excited about some comic figure? Allo - Are you out of your mind?

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by dheera » Thu, May 11, 2017, 6:10 PM UTC

levesque wrote: post #3

The feature is technically interesting, but I don't care about Allo. There are enough silly messaging apps out there, evolving in their own silos. I miss the days of the XMPP protocol.

Me too. I do not know any of my friends who are using Allo. Why didn't Google roll out this feature within Hangouts?

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by rawnlq » Thu, May 11, 2017, 6:14 PM UTC

Is anyone working on this for 3d avatars (like in game character creation/customization except automatic)?

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by thesash » Thu, May 11, 2017, 6:26 PM UTC

rawnlq wrote: post #8

Is anyone working on this for 3d avatars (like in game character creation/customization except automatic)?

Facebook is doing some pretty interesting work in this area https://www.facebook.com/spaces

Re: Neural Network-Generated Illustrations in Allo

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Post by agjacobson » Thu, May 11, 2017, 6:28 PM UTC

This is childish. Apple's version of this works better, in real time, in FaceTime, because it's above a threshold of kiddiness.