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LanceCriminalGalen t1_j0e2tyd wrote

Reply to comment by st4s1k in [D] Taking DNA as input and a person's appearance as output by st4s1k

I don’t think precisely but I would assume the result would be enough to make you stop and wonder at the power of machine learning. It would make something that looked like a generic cousin.

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jakderrida t1_j0e4mu6 wrote

>It would make something that looked like a generic cousin.

That sounds incredibly impressive, if they can. If we can train DNA to mugshot-style photo enough to generate it from other DNA samples, I would think it would allow us a much better conception of what ancient peoples whose DNA we have actually looked like. Every time I see some computer-rendered depiction, I wonder how close they'd get with my DNA.

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