Has AI generated an accurate image of the man on the Shroud?

[Michie]

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A recent AI-generated image of Jesus, supposedly giving us an accurate image of the man on the Shroud of Turin, raises a host of fascinating questions.

The Shroud of Turin has again been in the news. The linen cloth, bearing the image of a man who was tortured and crucified, has been a source of controversy for hundreds of years. Many claim it is a medieval forgery, while others point to innumerable striking details that seem to confirm it truly is the burial cloth of Christ.

The image on the cloth, very faint when viewed in person, raises many questions. Was this image created by a human being, as with a painting or relief, or is it an actual, "photographic" image of the Crucified Christ, perhaps created via some unknown process at the very moment of the Resurrection?

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Has AI generated an accurate image of the man on the Shroud?

A recent AI-generated image of Jesus, supposedly giving us an accurate image of the man on the Shroud of Turin, raises a host of fascinating questions.

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[Hamlet7768]

Very skeptical of anything AI—the hype is hollow and the cost is immense. This particular finishing reminds me of the pictures I've seen that are taken from the Shroud, though.

I still don't know what to make of it. It feels like for everything I read in favor of it, I read something else against it. To be honest, I don't think about it much.

 

[RileyG]

Very skeptical of anything AI—the hype is hollow and the cost is immense. This particular finishing reminds me of the pictures I've seen that are taken from the Shroud, though.

I still don't know what to make of it. It feels like for everything I read in favor of it, I read something else against it. To be honest, I don't think about it much.

I agree.

Still interesting though.