‘Buddies’ characters remodeled into toddlers with AI: ‘Lovable’

Nobody informed them life was gonna be this manner.

An Italian couple has used synthetic intelligence to think about “Buddies” characters as toddlers.

Luca and Anna Allievi, each 33, mentioned they began creating the pictures “for enjoyable” whereas their 1-year-old daughter Celeste was asleep.

The youthful photos of Rachel, Ross, Chandler, Monica, Joey and Phoebe have been doin’ so properly on-line that the couple has pivoted to producing life like child pictures of former President Donald Trump, British politician Boris Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.

“It began as a sport, one thing we did for enjoyable,” Luca, a bio-technologist from Milan, told SWNS. “The photographs are actually life like.”

Luca initially tried to think about puppies and his personal cats as characters from “Harry Potter” and different dramas.

“Luca has a incredible creativeness,” gushed Anna, who sells equipment elements. “It’s one thing futuristic. It’s evolving so quick.”

The artistic couple used the prompts and instructions in Midjourney’s software program to provide photos by referencing billions of photos on-line.

“That you must use the appropriate phrases within the immediate. The order of the phrases is necessary,” Luca defined. “You need to describe the particular person and regulate the prompts because the software program evolves.”

The suggestions on their “Buddies” creations has been kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck incredible.

The NBC sitcom aired from 1994-2004 — and it’s discovered a brand new viewers on Netflix.

“They’re all so cute,” one commenter proclaimed of the “Buddies” pictures.

One other agreed: “They’re useless on. Completely lovely.”

The couple take requests from their followers, utilizing AI to think about child Disney villains, “Harry Potter” characters, and singers.

Though Anna and Luca love the know-how for his or her art work, in addition they acknowledge the hazards of it.

“Generally it’s scary and too particular,” Anna famous.

Luca added: “It may be harmful. Some individuals use it for faux information.”

In truth, a faux photograph of Selena Gomez on the 2023 Met Gala turned a favourite on Twitter — though the “Solely Murders within the Constructing” actress didn’t attend this month’s occasion.

And one other AI experimenter just lately went viral for utilizing the know-how to think about well-known historic figures equivalent to Jesus, Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I and Henry VIII taking selfies.