Using AI to find missing people.

SGGP 05/09/2023 06:34

Argentinian journalist Santiago Barros used artificial intelligence (AI) to create images of children separated from their parents during Argentina's military dictatorship (1976-1983).

Journalist Santiago Barros and his missing persons search app in Argentina between 1976 and 1983.

Barros uploaded these images to his Instagram account called iabuelas (a Spanish word meaning AI) and was inspired by the well-known activist group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, which searches for missing children.

During Argentina's bloody dictatorship from 1976-1983, military officials systematically stole the infants of dissidents, who were imprisoned or often executed, and disposed of them without a trace.

Using an app called Midjourney, Mr. Barros combined photos of missing persons from the public archives of the Grandmothers website and photographic materials provided by interested parties, creating images of the faces of their children as adults today.

Journalist Barros said the goal was to stir the consciences of those over 46 who might have doubts about their origins and to remind them of the more than four decades of searching for these children.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/dung-ai-tim-nguoi-mat-tich-post704314.html