A.I. Image of Jesus Based on Shroud of Turin

[SeaAndSky]

I saw this the other day and decided to post it. I have seen some attempts before, but this is (to me at least) the most realistic rendition I have ever seen. It also, quite simply, resonates with me, though I cannot say why.

 

[fireflydancing]

Interesting image. I have always imagined him 'darker', simply because he was from the Middle East. My two sons are half European (me the Mom) and half Middle Eastern (their genes originate from Mesopotamia by their father's side). They are still way darker than this image, not exactly by the color of their skin, but by specifics in looks.

 

[Cyrus]

For centuries have the medieval priests used this shroud to manipulate the credulous.
And in their ignorant naivety they even put there a North-Italian face.
It vaguely makes me recall a frase from some of the Jewish sacred book which sounds smth. like

"Don't use a miracle as an argument"

Regards.

 

[SeaAndSky]

For centuries have the medieval priests used this shroud to manipulate the credulous.
And in their ignorant naivety they even put there a North-Italian face.
It vaguely makes me recall a frase from some of the Jewish sacred book which sounds smth. like

"Don't use a miracle as an argument"

Regards.

Hi Cyrus,

For me as a Christian it is merely an interesting image. My belief does not rest on whether any particular artifact is genuine or not, and I don't believe AI is innately reliable anyway. I think there has always been a "hot" market in fake artifacts related to anything people care about, ranging from "genuine" lost paintings of the old masters, to "genuine" pieces of the cross of Jesus. I also agree that the medieval period was rife with religious fakes, and many think the shroud is an example of this. However, this does not account for the difference in the level of passion I hear from people.

Cordially,
S&S

PS--I think one of the reasons the face was striking to me was its strength and its "everyman" quality (as well as the the eyes). From the "everyman" standpoint, it looks very much like a face I might see on the street in the U.S., though most are not into the unkempt long hair and beard look these days. I have trouble pinning this face down to any particular region or ethnicity other than "euro-mediterranean" (by which I intend to indicate generally the regions surrounding the mediterranean and all of Europe). I also don't see it as being "un-Jewish" in appearance, which might be a disqualifier.
PPS--Your conclusion that it is a face typical of a particular region in Italy and Firefly's complaint that it is a face that is not typical of a particular ethnicity in the Middle-East may both have validity without really impacting the reasons I can appreciate what it stands for.

 

[cloud potato]

That's pretty cool.

I thought these added facts about the shroud were astonishing,

The Shroud of Turin, a linen cloth 14 feet by 3 feet, contains the image of a man who was badly scourged, was crucified, wore a crown of thorns and was stabbed in the chest with a Roman lance. Of course, all of these wounds fit what the Bible says happened to Jesus. Is the Shroud of Turin Jesus' actual "clean linen shroud" given to Him in death by Joseph of Arimathea?

We know where the Shroud has been since 1357, when it showed up in the household of a French crusader. Consider these facts:

The human anatomy represented on the Shroud is 100% accurate – far ahead of what they knew back in 1357.
The Shroud's image is a photographic negative – that's 500 years before photography was developed.
The faint image on the Shroud was not painted on. It was somehow lightly burned on. Rolfe told me that there was "an unbelievable amount of energy in an infinitesimally small amount of time" (40-billionth of a second) that produced this image.
The blood on the Shroud is real human blood – with all the wounds corresponding with the passion of Jesus in the Gospels. The blood type was rare – AB+. The blood did not see decay – meaning, He was sandwiched inside that cloth for about 36 hours. Yet the blood was undisturbed, which means He somehow went through the cloth (or dematerialized within the cloth). It was not yanked off Him.
The image of the Shroud is three-dimensional. Paintings and pictures don't have that property.
And on and on it goes.

The million-dollar challenge to replicate the Shroud * WorldNetDaily * by Jerry Newcombe

... Read more

www.wnd.com

 

[Ajay0]

There are some pictures of Jesus created by Satya Sai Baba decades back on the request of his devotees, and I used to study them. I am not claiming them to be authentic and am just placing them here for analysis for those interested.

I am not a follower, but my grand-aunt was involved with Sai Baba.

 

[Speedwell]

From the thread title, it says A.I. generated. As such, the input source data used to generate the resulting image would have included diverse content. That is, not just the shroud, but also many pre-existing images of Jesus and perhaps previous interpretations of shroud-related images. That probably explains why the man portrayed looks Italian or European since many paintings of Jesus have those characteristics.

What I'm saying is that it may or may not properly reflect the content of the shroud, since it obviously uses additional data.