points by dupsik 4 days ago | 0 comments
The "Art & music & video" section is really puzzling to me. On one hand, the author mentions liking some AI music, and then links to low-effort songs that at best you could call sort-of catchy... and on the other hand, the author writes about AI video: "Has it ever been used for good?"
Gen-AI can and is being used to make real, worthwhile movies. The best video model available, Seedance 2.5, can't produce clips longer than 30 seconds. The human artistry comes from which clips/shots you ask for and how you edit them together to tell a story. Plenty of people are doing good work here.
Here are some examples. Even if you don't like these personally, they aren't slop. You can feel the creator's intention behind them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2__VhU7_3lw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl3oob03rdE
https://higgsfield.ai/@nue_nue/projects/listen-to-meh
https://higgsfield.ai/@sssacccade/projects/hunger-ai-short-f...
(This one is mine, just FYI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8XUH2OXXfA
[–] jaynetics 4 days ago
[–] dupsik 4 days ago
Yeah there are definitely things that don't feel quite right. Part of that was my own shortcomings and the time limit on the project... but I think the tools are at the point now where with enough time and attention they can make something that feels totally real.
[–] jaynetics 4 days ago
How much time did you put into it?
[–] dupsik 4 days ago
It was about a month, putting time into it almost every day. But a lot of that was learning how to use the platform/tools and learning how to write prompts for Seedance.
[–] zshrdlu 4 days ago
Watched the last one. Why are they drenched in sweat all the time? Also amusing they're still wrangling with certificates, a true dystopia!
I mean it's a video alright, if that's the point. Frame by frame imagery.
[–] dupsik 4 days ago
You might like some of the ones in that list better than mine!
What struck me is that it's really close to photo realistic, but I would still have noticed it's AI by the tiniest continuity mistakes and visual cues, like slightly unnatural color grading and such. However, if I had seen this five years ago, I would have taken it to be a real recording with post processing that makes it look a bit polished, like Benjamin Button or Grand Budapest Hotel.