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On February 10, filmmaker Ruair\u00ed Robinson made a daring declare on X. \u201cThis was a 2 line immediate in seedance 2. If the hollywood is cooked guys are proper possibly the hollywood is cooked guys are cooked too idk,\u201d he wrote. The put up was accompanied by a video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt performing a struggle scene collectively. The clip gained consideration for its obvious sophistication; it appeared well-choreographed, competently shot, and appropriately lit, that are all components that different AI video instruments have struggled to convincingly replicate. If Robinson\u2019s declare was true, this was a major leap ahead in AI video expertise. The type of factor AI hype-men have been shilling for years and which has\u2014till, if Robinson is to be believed, proper now\u2014turned out to be nothing greater than snake oil. There\u2019s only one drawback: It\u2019s most likely nonetheless snake oil.<\/p>\n
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Aron Peterson, a author and software program developer who has additionally labored in movie manufacturing, post-production, and visible results, posted a weblog on his web site, Shokunin Studio, questioning Robinson\u2019s story. \u201cThe claims being made instantly rubbed me up the mistaken manner,\u201d Peterson wrote. \u201cDifferent demos of the Seedance mannequin had the standard errors we’ve got come to count on from AI video turbines [but this one didn\u2019t].\u201d Specifically, Peterson defined, \u201cAI video turbines are actually dangerous at simulating sensible digicam strikes, particularly handheld shaky cam,\u201d however within the Cruise\/Pitt video, \u201cwe will see the digicam motion.\u201d<\/p>\n
So Peterson began researching Seedance 2.0, the brand new AI software from TikTok developer ByteDance that\u2019s already doing large-scale copyright infringement, which Robinson used to create the video. Peterson \u201chopped over to Seedance\u2019s web site and it solely took 10 seconds to seek out inexperienced display footage of two stuntmen performing the identical struggle choreography we see within the Cruise vs Pitt scene,\u201d he stated. He additionally posted a comparability of the 2 movies on YouTube.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWas the enter actually only a 2 line immediate or was it really 2 strains, inexperienced display video footage, and face references too?\u201d Peterson requested. \u201cThe proof seems to indicate that stuntmen have been filmed from a number of angles, {that a} clip needed to be generated for each angle, after which lastly all clips have been stitched collectively for advertising and marketing.\u201d Peterson\u2019s proof implies that the Cruise\/Pitt struggle scene wasn\u2019t fully AI generated; as a substitute, it was most likely simply face alternative and background creation laid on prime of footage that already existed. As TV author David Slack put it on Bluesky, \u201cIn different phrases, like most AI hype \u2014 it was a con.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n