A series of images have been mocked up by an artificial intelligence (AI) generator to show what the 'scariest person on Earth' might look like - and the results are quite disturbing.
Formerly known as DALL-E mini, technology company Craiyon used its AI kit to create a collection of distorted, zombie -type faces by sifting through unfiltered data on the internet.
After being prompted by a few key words, the generator then uses the relevant information it has to create images such as these warped portraits.
Many of the nightmarish faces are bald and often with bulging eyes or huge disfigured mouths and teeth.
One even looks like the antagonist Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter, reports The Sun.
This is not the first time that this same technology has been used to make up some uncomfortably creepy pictures based on various users' questions.
Earlier this year a TikTok account called Robot Overloards - which regularly considers what the future might look like - posed a question to the AI-generator of what a selfie would be like on the last day on Earth.
The output given was a handful of gruesome pictures showing disfigured humans that looked more like mutants seen holding up mobile phones against an apocalyptic backdrop of fire and smoke.
However, despite the sometimes very realistic and unsettling images that Craiyon is capable of making, the company is aware of the potentially harmful nature to society some its creations could cause.
It states on its website : "While the capabilities of image generation models are impressive, they may also reinforce or exacerbate societal biases.
"Because the model was trained on unfiltered data from the Internet, it may generate images that contain harmful stereotypes.
"The extent and nature of the biases of the DALL·E mini model have yet to be fully documented."
The company goes on to say that work is "ongoing" to analyse the effects of the AI's limitations.
