1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored

4 comments

• noduerme 15 minutes ago
  Unclear from the text: Was AI used in modifying or filling any images in the restoration process?
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  • smallnix 4 minutes ago
    > Not only did AI tools then help him unearth need­ed sources and fill in visu­al gaps

    I think that's clear

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    • noduerme 0 minutes ago
      I took that to mean filling in the gaps on the source data, not literally filling in pen and ink gaps in the drawing
• yaur 27 minutes ago
  Can someone build a classifier that will tell is which of these images was drawn with a living, dead, or (charitably) dissected specimen?
• HelloUsername 1 hour ago
  Source posted some days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48850978 and blog https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48850987
• Animats 55 minutes ago
  Soon to be ingested for AI training.