What does HackerNews think of first-order-model?

This repository contains the source code for the paper First Order Motion Model for Image Animation

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Retro personal computer ads from the 1980s | Oct 2022
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I think the novel and interesting tech is still happening, its just that without the colorful ads for it on TV, and without the software being packaged up and sold with pretty box art that you can physically hold, it doesn't feel as much like a capital-E Experience. It's probably the Internet's fault that we don't do things like that anymore, but the upside is that we now have access to so many ideas and applications from all over, even ones that aren't commercially viable.

Some that look exciting to me are: an AI that lets you animate still photos realistically [1], a simple website that guides you to discover new parks, eateries, and other places near you [2], an AI that colorizes old black-and-white photos/video [3], a Street View style map of the game world from "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", with some 1st person 360 degree photos [4], and a tiny game engine that lets you distribute your whole game physically via printed QR codes [5].

If marketing and graphic design people ever felt like getting together to do some 'side projects', I vote that they should make print ads for apps/websites that they like :)

[1] https://github.com/AliaksandrSiarohin/first-order-model

[2] https://randomlocation.xyz (https://randomlocation.xyz/help.txt for customization)

[3] https://github.com/jantic/DeOldify

[4] https://nassimsoftware.github.io/zeldabotwstreetview/

[5] https://github.com/kesiev/rewtro
‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives into Moving Videos | Feb 2021
Edit: Seems like its based off of something similar to this (https://github.com/AliaksandrSiarohin/first-order-model)

This is pretty cool and eerie at the same time. The biggest thing to keep into mind about these algorithms is that the computer “dream” of these moving videos so they can be inaccurate. Nevertheless, seeing some moving video of my ancestors would be pretty neat.

Show HN: Create a Deep Fake Video from Any Image | Jun 2020
This just looks like a simple web app wrapper around First Order Model: https://github.com/AliaksandrSiarohin/first-order-model

The license for the code specifically states "Non-Commercial".

Is your code something else? Also seems like you've double posted it.

Edit: Your other posts also have a similar look - are you testing the waters for a viable biz model by adding web-app wrappers around ML papers who have published their code on Github? Not being accusatory or anything, just trying to understand.

Show HN: Create a Deep Fake Video from Any Image | Jun 2020
This just looks like a simple web app wrapper around First Order Model:

https://github.com/AliaksandrSiarohin/first-order-model

The license for the code specifically states "Non-Commercial".

Is your code something else? Also seems like you've double posted it.

Edit: Your other posts also have a similar look - are you testing the waters for a viable biz model by adding web-app wrappers around ML papers who have published their code on Github? Not being accusatory or anything, just trying to understand.

Avatarify: Photorealistic Avatars for Skype and Zoom | Apr 2020
I love Yann Lecun's eyeglass rim arching in one of the demos from the first-order-model code repo[1].

1: https://github.com/AliaksandrSiarohin/first-order-model

Using deepfake to replace your face on zoom | Apr 2020
Actual Github repo for this called Avatarify: https://github.com/alievk/avatarify

Original repo code that Avatarify is based on called First Order Model: https://github.com/AliaksandrSiarohin/first-order-model

Short video demonstrating First Order Model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUfJOQKdtAk