November 17, 2021

Neater, Braver, Smarter, Stronger


Neater, Braver, Smarter, Stronger
A break from the dog house Marco Verch on Flickr

November 10 is Police Day in Russia, and to celebrate the occasion, the state-run Russian Public Opinion Research Center polled citizens of the Federation on how their ideal police officer might come across.

The list includes:

Tidy
Brave
Tough
Strong
Friendly
Intelligent
Honorable
Hardworking

In good faith, the Russian-language independent media outlet Meduza, which has also been designated by the Russian Federation as a foreign agent, commissioned a digital portrait of such a police officer from the Sberbank ruDALL-E neural network that creates images from text descriptions.

Behold, a handsome fellow who (judging by the “pause” symbol on his hat) is not afraid to hold back!

Russia's ideal officer | ruDall-E XL for Meduza

 

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