A photo app from MyHeritage allows people to "resurrect" deceased family members through their photos. As early as February 2022, a tool named deep nostalgia in the application was released. Since then, people around the world can use artificial intelligence to "revive" the people in the photos.
It is reported that this tool was developed by MyHeritage to help families "revive" their deceased family members. With it, people can easily select people in photos and animate them. Users can make them talk, smile, walk and do other things. This is an interesting technology, and it is also a technology that moves families to tears.
People like Cherie Bergman have used deep nostalgia to "resurrect" dead family members. This allows them to see their family members as if they were alive again. Although this is a small thing, it can not replace the loss these people feel, but it does give them a moment they may not have.
However, there are some drawbacks in this item. If you have used tiktok or other social media in the past few years, you may have heard the word "deepfakes". The term is sometimes used to refer to people using artificial intelligence to make themselves look like celebrities. In fact, there is a deeply forged user on tiktok -- TOMCRUISE.
Since deep forgery can also be used to manipulate existing photos or videos, using deep nostalgia to revive old photos is also a form of deep forgery.
I believe you have seen people edit photos and videos to make celebrities say things they usually don't say. Some even use deep forgery techniques to make illegal sex videos. So it has opened a Pandora's box. But this does not really diminish the benefits of applications like this.
Without deep nostalgia, people like Cherie Bergman would not have the opportunity to reproduce the photos of their loved ones. They won't have a chance to see them move or even talk again. So a technology like this can be wonderful. But this beauty does not eliminate the creepy feeling that comes with it.