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posted by martyb on Friday August 18 2017, @09:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the anime++ dept.

Just when you thought that anime character designs couldn't get any more generic, machine learning comes to the rescue:

A collaborative team from Fudan University, Carnegie Mellon University, Tongji University and Stony Brook University have created a generative adversarial network (GAN) that can generate high-quality anime character drawings with just minimal input from humans. You can check the demonstration website and make your own anime renders by inputting some basic preferences.

You can choose hair and eye color and then decide on what accessories you might like such as glasses, hats or ribbons. The site will then generate a character for you based on your inputs. There are some things that could be improved for sure, but overall, it's a really fun application.

Researchers used a technique called DRAGAN to train the AI. The demo site was built on ReactJS. The scientists have summed up the full process in more detail in this technical report. The source code is also available from here.

Of course, designing a character is only the first step. How about a custom Gatebox holographic waifu? Or import your character into an advanced VR fantasy world powered by petaflops GPUs. Which is just a stopgap measure until you jack into the Matrix directly, allowing you to caress your loved one (as far as your brain is concerned).

Is this what happens when you poach Carnegie Mellon University's top scientists?

"Moe" (pronounced "mo-ayyy") refers to "kawaii"/cute characters.


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  • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Friday August 18 2017, @11:00PM (7 children)

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Friday August 18 2017, @11:00PM (#556164)

    Site did not work for me

    And it didn't have options for cat, bunny and fox ears.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Friday August 18 2017, @11:05PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday August 18 2017, @11:05PM (#556165) Journal

    It worked for me when I submitted it. Now it says "Network Error".

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    • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @11:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @11:31PM (#556175)

      It was the Soylent effect. All Three Soylent users crashed the server.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday August 18 2017, @11:15PM (3 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday August 18 2017, @11:15PM (#556169) Journal

    Scratch that, it comes down to allowing javascript on the site. If you do that it will likely work.

    True story on the ears though. Maybe they are looking for a grant.

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    • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday August 19 2017, @12:17AM (1 child)

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday August 19 2017, @12:17AM (#556205) Homepage

      Reminds me of the good ol' days on Soylentnews, when all everybody did was bitch and moan.

      At least we have (somewhat) proper discussions now.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 19 2017, @01:32AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 19 2017, @01:32AM (#556230)

        Except for stupid comments by stupid people.

    • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Saturday August 19 2017, @06:48AM

      by RamiK (1813) on Saturday August 19 2017, @06:48AM (#556292)

      HTTPS Everywhere broke it for me.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @11:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @11:31PM (#556176)

    Or breast size and pantie color.