Can YOU guess who these celebrity babies are? AI-generated pics show stars as ... trends now
Not every performer began their career as a child star — but thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) we can now all catch a glimpse of what their childhood fame might have looked like.
DailyMail.com has obtained photorealistic AI-generated images from Midjourney for seven of the world's most recognizable celebrities.
It comes after an image of an infant Elon Musk — showing the billionaire as a toddler wearing brown overalls — gave the internet baby fever.
The adorable (or possibly disturbing?) photo is not from the billionaire's own family archives, however. Like these celebrities, it too was made with the help of artificial intelligence.
Scroll down for the seven celebrities and their AI-generated toddler selves:
The AI-made toddler version of Ed Sheeran has his soulful blue eye and his vibrant red hair. But is it a little too vibrant? The real Ed Sheeran (right), now 32 years old, looks no less sweet or innocent than his AI-simulated child self
Much like AI-baby Elon Musk, who sported adult Musk's haircut and style, AI-baby Whoopi Goldberg has gone for the View host's current eyeglasses and style. But at 67 years old, the real Whoopi (right) still has her childlike energy and charisma
Baby Johnny Depp, as imagined by AI Midjourney, has all the moody swagger and ruffian fashion sense of the real-world star of Pirates of the Caribbean: the AI took clear inspiration from 60-year-old Depp (right) and his penchant for patterned scarves, popped collars and tousled locks
Midjourney, created by scientists in Silicon Valley, was made available last summer allowing a host of people to get the AI to generate an image for any of their prompts.
AI-generated images have since taken over the internet in recent months, some sparking joy and others causing terror.
In March, a photo of Pope Francis donning a huge white puffer jacket immediately fooled the internet.
The image was