Ancient ‘AI selfies’ reveal what iPhone snaps might have looked like thousands of years ago

ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) has revealed what group ‘selfies’ might have looked like in different time periods.

Offering a glimpse into the past is just the tip of the iceberg for image generating AI.

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Ancient Polynesian warriors[/caption]

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Viking warriors circa 700 to 1100[/caption]

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Samurai warriors circa 794 to 1185[/caption]

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British soldiers circa 1878[/caption]

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British Suffragettes circa 1890 to 1919[/caption]

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Aztec Warriors circa 1300 to 1521 A.D.[/caption]

Reddit user @_m0us316_ posted the long string of ancient selfies, as though a time traveller had shown people from various time periods what a ‘selfie’ is.

They used a popular AI image generator known as Midjourney.

All users need to do is input a text-based prompt and let the machine do the rest.

The images have garnered thousands of likes on Reddit for likening people from completely different time periods to humans of the 21st Century.

“It’s a reminder that our humanness is something special which transcends time,” said one Redditor.

“Not to mention all the beautiful yet different cultures, which all share that one same humanness.

“It’s almost like they’re reaching out to us saying ‘we were here too, and we were just like you guys’. It’s really beautiful.”

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Ancient Egyptian warriors[/caption]

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Cowboys during the Wild West era circa 1865 to 1895[/caption]

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Ancient Chinese soldiers circa 580 to 618[/caption]

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Ancient African tribal warriors[/caption]

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Native American warriors[/caption]

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Roman soldiers circa 753 to 1453[/caption]

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Soviet Union soldiers[/caption]

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Spanish Conquistadors circa 1528 to 1848[/caption]

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Palaeolithic cavemen circa 3.3 to 12[/caption]

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