Waifu Labs
Type of site | Artificial intelligence |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sizigi Studios |
| Website | waifulabs |
| Current status | Active |
Waifu Labs is a website developed by Sizigi Studios, featuring their Waifu Vending Machine, an artificial intelligence which generates a customized waifu, a fictional female character from an anime or manga to whom one is attracted.[1][2]
The term "waifu" is derived from the word "wife."[2][3]
Waifu Vending Machine[edit]
The Waifu Vending Machines generates a grid of sixteen fictional female characters, from which users can choose a character[2] or refresh the grid to generate another sixteen characters. The chosen character is displayed on a grid in different colors, from which users can then choose an option. Users continually choose different options, narrowing down their preferences, featuring details such as hairstyles, clothing, facial features, and pose, ultimately producing a waifu for the user.[1][3]
After users are finished, they can download an image of the character, as well as buy a pillow and poster featuring the character for $90 and $25 USD respectively.[1][2] The website also applies a Japanese name to the character,[1] and presents a "certificate of adoption."[2]
Development[edit]
The Waifu Vending Machine was developed by games studio Sizigi Studios. The AI was trained using generative adversarial networks, according to Kevin Frans, a team member who is an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was brought to the 2019 Anime Expo, an anime convention held in Los Angeles, California, in July 2019, where it gained popularity.[1] The line for the booth reportedly extended outside of the venue.[3]
Sizigi Studios has received requests to create a similar artificial intelligence to generate "husbando", the male equivalents of waifu.[1]
Reception[edit]
The AI was praised by Synced, who stated that the Waifu Vending Machine provides "immediate visual feedback and only needs five minutes to generate a custom Waifu," and that it is an effective alternative to commissioned drawings by sketch artists, which are common at anime conventions.[1] Chinese technology website Leiphone.com listed Waifu Labs as one of the seventeen "best machine learning projects of 2019" in their "Reddit annual inventory," in which significant submissions from the r/MachineLearning Reddit Internet forum are listed.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Peng, Tony (July 25, 2019). "Meet Your AI-Generated Dream Anime Girl". Medium. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Robitszki, Dan (September 30, 2019). "Cursed Site Uses AI to Generate "Waifus"". Futurism. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "AIが自分好みのアニメ美少女を自動生成してくれる「Waifu Labs」で「俺の嫁」を作ってみた" [I tried to make my bride with Waifu Labs where AI automatically generates my favorite anime beautiful girl]. Gigazine (in 日本語). August 2, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ↑ skura (December 20, 2019). "Reddit年度盘点：2019年最佳机器学习项目" [Reddit annual inventory: best machine learning projects of 2019]. Artificial Intelligence. leiphone.com (in Chamoru). Retrieved January 11, 2020.
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