A Digital Artist Uses AI Technology to Show Us What Celebrities Could Look Like Decades From Now, And It’s Surprisingly Emotional
Photo: Getty Images / Via Instagram: @alperyesiltas
When a star has been around for a long time, it’s simple to imagine them at various phases of their career young, old, and everywhere in between.
But trying to imagine what young celebs will look like when they’re older is even more difficult! But, Alper Yesiltas, a 39-year-old lawyer and digital photographer/artist, happily accepted the challenge…and the results are incredible and thought-provoking.
At first, Alper imagined what Harry Styles might look like in a few decades, and this is the result.
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He imagined what Billie Eilish might look like in the future, and this is what he came up with.
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Alper told BuzzFeed he was inspired to create the series when “I realized that fans (myself included) wonder what today’s artists will look like in a few decades.”
Robert Pattinson was another artist he imagined a few decades in the future, and this was the outcome.
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He also imagined what Emma Stone might look like in 2040, and this is the result.
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When it came time to choose which celebrities to work on, Alper chose individuals he was interested in, as well as artists, recognized for their style, in order to “digitally describe how those styles would look in the future.”
He imagined Ryan Gosling in the far future, and this was the result.
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And he imagined Greta Thunberg in the future when the environment is hopefully more cared for than it is today, and this was the result.
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He asked what Justin Bieber would look like when he wasn’t a “baby, baby, baby, oh!” but an “old man, old man, old man, oh!” and this was the result.
Some people fear where AI might take us, but Alper is excited by it. “I can definitely say that artificial intelligence–based applications/platforms will carry the potential of artists, and therefore art, to higher places.”
He stresses, though, that the tech alone can’t create great art. “Hardware and software can help us to produce, but it’s the human emotions that are decisive.”
