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

1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored(openculture.com)

40 points by gslin 3 hours ago | 6 comments

noduerme 20 minutes ago |

Unclear from the text: Was AI used in modifying or filling any images in the restoration process?

smallnix 10 minutes ago | |

> Not only did AI tools then help him unearth needed sources and fill in visual gaps

I think that's clear

noduerme 6 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. If so, that's a shame. It pollutes the original and isn't what counts as restoration.

yaur 33 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 1 hour ago |

Soon to be ingested for AI training.