CNN producer reacts to hilarious AI-generated photos of him

AI's ability to create realistic fake images can be scary, but what if some of those fake images can help you stand out professionally? CNN's Jon Sarlin dusts off his LinkedIn profile to see if AI can create a convincing headshot of himself.

Produced by John General
Supervising Producer: Logan Whiteside
Additional camerawork: FJ Feng & Frank Fenimore

0:00 Introduction
0:37 Preparing the AI photos
1:24 The reveal
2:45 AI vs human photos
3:23 Updating LinkedIn

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23 comments

  1. Hey everyone life is precious please take this moment receive God in your life by you praying to God everyday for his help in every decision of your life everyday and in every situation of your life everyday for I guarantee if you do this everyday then your life will get better, you will have more peace, you will be more successful, you will have more happiness, and all your dreams will come true that’s because when you pray to God then God will make all good things possible for you and you must not forget to read the “Holy Bible” everyday and a great place for you to start in the holy Bible is (Psalms 1) and everyday after that read a chapter in Psalms till you finish all the chapters in Psalms then after that start on (Proverbs 1) then everyday after that read a chapter in Proverbs till you finish all the chapters in Proverbs and after that read every chapter of the Holy Bible until you finish it for it will change your life in the most amazing way

    1. no thanks… unless there is meta data embedded that says this picture is AI generated and that meta data cannot be tampered with….then it might be useful in some cases but otherwise stay the heck off the AI !!

    1. This isn’t a “whoever invented this” kind of thing. It’s part of a broader AI revolution.

  2. Let me tell you this. On dating websites I see some photos that are questionable, but I don’t worry about AI photos until the day it can reproduce some shirtless dude in his bathroom mirror holding up a fish while sitting on his Harley.

  3. AI will not be funny in a little bit if regulations are not in place asap. I guess the companies are paying well into our lawmakers’ coffers they are not concerned

  4. While scrolling through YouTube shorts last night a video of DA Bragg popped up with him appearing to say he was withdrawing all charges against Trump and confessing he was having a mental health episode. Got it reported but was left wondering how it got posted in the first place considering the heat around this news item.

  5. I swear, with the introduction and craze of these various AI technology, it will now be more difficult to produce good forms of evidences on courts

  6. There is a bit of an uncanny valley in these AI generated works. But they’re getting pretty damn close to reality. Imagine the kind of identity theft or impersonation that can occur when AI can make video avatars that look and sound like you such that it is indistinguishable from the real thing. That is scary.

  7. The question is, why create an AI photo if you have a photo 🤔💭?
    I fail to see the business case of this service.

  8. 1:15 If you have a professional camera, you don’t necessarily take professional headshots of yourself. It’s way more likely you don’t. Just like if you’ve got the coolest pans in your kitchen, you aren’t a Michellin-star winner chef just yet.

  9. The question is, why create an AI photo if you have a photo ?
    I fail to see the business case of this service. very useful information

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