Technology exceeds any type of limit and artificial intelligence programs have collaborated in accelerating many advances and discoveries, including the creation of people as ensures a tiktoker.
His name is Curt, on TikTok they know him as @curt.skelton and has surprised his followers with his revelation: is not real and was created by an artificial intelligence called DALL-E.
This AI is capable of generating images in multiple styles, including photorealistic, paintings, and emoji. You can also manipulate and rearrange objects in your images without explicit instructions from a human.
It was called DALL-E to combine the surname initial of surrealist artist Salvador Dalí with the name of WALL-E, the cute robot from the Disney-Pixar family movie.
Curt’s Secret
The tiktoker quickly became viral, as explained by the report published on the website of Capital. The video that is shocking the internet shows the young man recounting that it is not real and quickly, seconds later, he transforms into a girl.
The user indicated that it was a fictional character who had created it thanks to the DALL-E artificial intelligence. His creation is a 22-year-old “who looks like Bo Burnham and Ed Sheeran” and wears a My Chemical Romance t-shirt..
“I didn’t want to make him too handsome. He wanted people to follow him because of his jokes and his visuals. It hurt me to do it, but I had to make it look funny and ugly”, he stressed Zahrathe creator of Curt.
Interestingly, Curt does exist and is a friend of Zahra, who asked her followers to choose the identity with which they wanted her to continue uploading content to the network. He looks like he will continue as Curt after that video exceed 17 million views.
The magic of artificial intelligence can do these things.