How can you say this is what someone who died 799 years ago actually looked like when the AI generated image looks nothing like the closest thing a contemporary portrait?
12 Historical Figures Who Looked Very Much Differently Than Shown in Movies

Many of us, while watching movies or looking at the portraits of famous historical figures, don’t even realize how much their real appearance can differ from their cinematic or artistic representations. In the modern era, artificial intelligence allows us to see the true face of these great people, giving us the opportunity to view them from a new, more accurate perspective.
Genghis Khan
This is what Genghis Khan actually looked like.

Nefertiti
And this is what the famous queen actually looked like.

"Actually looked like". This is what you want her to look like.
Julius Caesar
This is what he looked like in the distant past.

Cleopatra
This is what Cleopatra actually looked like.

There were many portraits and written descriptions of Cleopatra. A lot were created by her enemies which is why they vary from beautiful to ugly. At least AI took into consideration she was either Greek or mostly Greek and not Egyptian since the Ptolemys were Macedonian.
Michelangelo
This is what the famous artist really looked like, according to AI.

Joan of Arc
This is roughly what Joan of Arc might have looked like in the distant past.
Shakespeare
Here is how AI saw the famous writer.

King Solomon
And this is what the famous king actually looked like.

Xerxes I
This is what Xerxes I really looked like.
Napoleon
And this is what the French emperor actually looked like.

Simonetta Vespucci
This is what Sandro Botticelli’s muse actually looked like.

Isabella of Castile
This is what the queen looked like according to AI.

And here are more historical figures who looked so much differently in real life.
Comments
The imagined images are probably as good a guess as the others.
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