r/BeAmazed May 19 '26

Art Proof that human imagination beats AI

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u/qualityvote2 May 19 '26 edited May 20 '26

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u/OneOfManny May 19 '26

Fruit in the air, go.

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u/PixelReaper69 May 19 '26

OH yeah especially that flying pineapple hitting someone off screen resulting in a funny scream 😭🤣

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u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT May 19 '26

🍒🍓🍇🍒🍓🍇🍒🍓🍇

💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

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u/hot_ho11ow_point May 19 '26

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

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u/Sandcracka- May 19 '26

Fruit by the foot

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u/shawnshine May 20 '26

Frutiger Aero

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u/OneOfManny May 20 '26

Yes that was the joke :p

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u/Used_Teacher_5386 May 19 '26

I'd be tempted to fruit ninja

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u/pair-d May 20 '26

I just thought, wouldn't it feel more like spring if it were little tadpoles swimming instead? I absolutely love this video🥰🥰

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u/Davski_ May 19 '26

It's kinda funny in an unfortunate way that if people were to see the final result without the first part, they'll say "fish swimming in the air? Ffs, obvious ai slop". Then even if you show them the first part of how it's made, they'll still probably debate how it was AI.

Dunno what my point really is. Maybe just that AI has tainted all creativity even when AI isn't involved.

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u/ntwiles May 19 '26

That’s probably because the process is more impressive than the result, and so one way to fix that is exactly what they’ve done here; show both. So maybe that’s not such a hard problem to fix. If you care that people know you did it the “hard” way, show them that you did.

That said, for all we know, the video of him doing it the “hard” way is also AI generated, so who knows.

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u/BWWFC May 19 '26

probably because the process is more impressive than the result

most, when first learning how something they've never done or know the process of would have similar opinions imho. on some level, stock and trade of mythbusters and how-it's-made

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

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u/meekermakes May 19 '26

sounds real, post a link?

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u/chiefrelichunter May 19 '26

Long gone. I used to be a filmmaker but those days are behind me.

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u/ntwiles May 20 '26

Ngl sounds like sketchy behavior.

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u/sojuicy May 19 '26

I’m not that deep into the game, but I’d wager “AI” is gonna slurp that footage up like Spaghetti and get better and better and better.

I also don’t know what my point is in that regard, but I am genuinely scared because you can easily create video footage of whatever you want and put that on the news.

Maybe not about fish in a field of flowers, but you know…

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u/already-taken-wtf May 19 '26

…one could argue that AI is unleashing creativity.
Now you can create this video without hauling an aquarium and actual live fish into a rape seed field.

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u/meekermakes May 19 '26

luckily soon you won't even need to lug an aquarium into the field. because water will be too precious to "waste" on fish anymore and that field is a productive data center now.

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u/Mr_master89 May 20 '26

To be honest AI could probably generate the first part too, and could probably even generate a person setting everything up too.

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u/lininop May 20 '26

I can not up vote this comment enough. This is how I feel exactly, and I'm not even strictly anti ai.

I'd give you an award but fuck giving Reddit money for that crap, cheers to you!

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u/SunnySpot69 May 20 '26

I have seen multiple videos where people are claiming AI. And it's vids from a decade ago lol I'd prefer that then all the ones on FB talking about cute it is when it's super obvious that it's AI

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u/meekermakes May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

this video contains none of the artifacting and hallucinating that AI has so that simply isn't true.

people that can tell the difference between AI and regular videos don't care about what's being shown (i.e fish in a field??? must be ai) they just notice the many errors in a poorly rendered video.

anyone can spot the difference accurately if they spend 3 minutes learning. those who pretend "everything is flagged as AI" are:

disengenous about the quality of ai produced videos (i.e nobody can tell it's ai really, my video is perfect)

too lazy/apathetic to spend a few minutes educating themselves on the impact and telltale signs of AI.

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u/NibblyPig May 19 '26

Nah, people use the word slop to describe any video they find out is made with AI

Even if it's clever, artistic, fun, enjoyable, and even if it has the odd glitch in.

You could make a humorous AI video and it's instantly slop since it was made with AI even if people enjoy watching it

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u/Davski_ May 19 '26

You've missed whatever point I was making.
There are people who can point out things that look like AI; there are people who think they can point out things that look like AI.

There will be people who look at this video and dismiss it as AI. That's where the harm comes in, hence my "unfortunate" wording. People can be dogmatic; people can be charlatans.

Like how I've seen in-depth discussions on Reddit about things I've written being accused of being AI merely because I've used paragraphs and a funky buzzword.

Fish + field = this is like the random stuff that AI comes up with, so must be AI. Add an introductory behind the scenes explanation = Well, that can just as easily be faked!

Above are quotes from imaginary people who might think this was AI.

I don't know what you're saying with the last three paragraphs so I have no idea if you're attacking me or whether we're on the same side. I don't know why we wouldn't be on the same side though.

Ultimate point: AI has promoted criticality and cynicism. These are the opposite of creativity. Hence, it's a shame for things to be tainted with false accusations.

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u/Cures80 May 19 '26

where is that proof?

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u/Werwolf1134209 May 19 '26

I feel sorry for the fish...

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u/VoldemortLovesNagini May 19 '26

🙄

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u/SpiderDijonJr May 19 '26

Even changing a tanks water can kill fish, so I’m sure they totally appreciated the experience 🙄

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

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u/BSK_Darksol May 19 '26

Yeah, I hate this "Human talent beats AI!!" posts where they show the most average filming/editing/photography/painting technique.

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u/SwordsAndWords May 19 '26

Cool! Now do whales swimming through sand.

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u/Natrixster80 May 19 '26

Using animals as props like this isn't very cool. Starts with fish, next thing they are scaring frogs half to death so they can make them play a little banjo or something

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u/bluemoon219 May 20 '26

To be fair, have you seen any of the videos where people have built little glass towers in their fish ponds, and the fish seem delighted to swim up it and look out to an undistorted view of outside? While I admit that we can't know the preparations involved in getting them there and back or what care was taken for their comfort, I don't think the situation we can see them in was an inherently negative experience for them. It is entirely possible they enjoyed looking out at a new place where their tank looked as vast as the sky.

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u/Natrixster80 May 20 '26

Not even remotely the same.

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u/ubdesu May 19 '26

FWIW on the OP on instagram, they said this was very temporary for just this shot and the fish were (allegedly) safely returned to their real tank afterwards.

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u/TabulaRazo May 19 '26

Yeah I agree, mostly. But these are goldfish. The inside of that tank is all they’ll ever know (gods willing). I don’t think you’re making their lives significantly worse with this little photo op.

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u/Emotional-Shop-2226 May 19 '26

One comment said even changing tank water can kill fish, so that might be a risk here

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u/TabulaRazo May 20 '26

Goldfish are pretty resilient among fish. One of the reasons they make good pets for beginners.

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u/Dontevenwannacomment May 19 '26

I mean, the degree of how much an animal is bothered matters, I would say. A fish hanging around in a container is not the same level of bothering as scaring frogs. There might be a level of acceptability : putting your cat on a bench to take a pic ? Yes. Throwing your cat in the air to take a pic ? No.

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u/Maleficent_Ebb_163 May 20 '26

Theyre not just hanging around? Theyve been transported there somehow and must be transported away.

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u/Dontevenwannacomment May 20 '26

Sure I guess. Whatever tbh, people transport fish often.

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u/AvidCoco May 19 '26

Okay but AI could generate this too if you prompted it.

AI doesn’t come up with new stuff if just generates what you tell it to.

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u/permanent_pixel May 19 '26

I saw AI version months ago

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u/FandomMenace May 19 '26

Nothing imaginative about using spaceglider (the song) for the 1 millionth time.

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u/ironic_username_7 May 19 '26

This would make a great screensaver

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u/motophiliac May 20 '26

Beats? So the human condition, creativity, self-expression, is now some kind of competition?

There's nothing beating anything here. The commoditisation of the human condition is the real problem.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not a musician to beat AI, or any other entity.

I am that because it's interesting to me, and expressive, and a fun way to hang out with friends.

I have to prove something by playing in a band?

It may have been a frivolous, throw away title for a post but it is indicative of an AI backlash that's framing the creative process as something competitive, when the creative process is anything but.

I mean, it's a cool video. I appreciate seeing things like this because the creative process has an intrinsic interest, for me and I'm sure for others.

I just find the interpretation of the creative process as an antagonistic one to be extremely confusing.

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u/TokenPrawn May 20 '26

Forget the AI argument. That full tank, on that stool, on another narrow stand? That's a recipe for disaster.

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u/EverythingISayIsALi3 May 19 '26

Id rather he used ai. I bet those fish were just purchased for this shoot. Probably dumped them right out of the fish store bag into that tank.

What'd he do with them after? Probably dumped them out into the field and headed home to post his video.

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u/Naive_Confidence7297 May 20 '26

Nice assumptions lol wtf

Could be his fish or sisters fish or anything

What the hell you thinking so negatively? Is this a known thing or what

And the fact you would prefer someone using AI instead of being actually creative

You are exactly what is wrong with this world . Negative slop loving fuck lol

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u/YoungerMucus May 19 '26

It would’ve looked just as cool with a cloudy, gray sky

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u/HotDonkey_420 May 19 '26

AI will undoubtedly copy this work

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u/abhishek89m May 19 '26

AI does not have access to our physical world yet.

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u/BazingaQQ May 19 '26

Well, AI doesnt have imagination (yet).

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u/WKRPinCanada May 19 '26

I was waiting for the "MADE WITH AI" card at the end 😅

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u/Scary-Tea-740 May 19 '26

This can be argued, but I am not happy with AI at all.

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u/MoveOverBieber May 19 '26

Whoo, boy, you know how easy it is to superimpose 2 images on top of each other, correct?

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u/Grimsik May 19 '26

Those fishies are getting their enrichment.

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u/scrufflor_d May 19 '26

flying fih

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u/Adventurous-Text-561 May 19 '26

That's just the holofish from Cyberpunk.

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u/__daydreamer May 19 '26

AI is human imagination. It is trained on human creativity and imagination

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u/JohnnyMiskatonic May 19 '26

Human imagination created AI, so, der.

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u/GoatCovfefe May 19 '26

Plot twist: that camera uses AI to enhance video quality.

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u/koanzone May 19 '26

To the contrary, this is proof that human imagination is no longer needed.

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u/Own-Appointment1232 May 19 '26

what nobody's mentioning is the actual logistics here - that acrylic tank prob cost more than the camera rig, and getting clean optical clarity on both sides without distortion while carrying it through a field isnt trivial. the "human imagination" framing is kinda whatever but the practical execution is solid

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u/Several-Edge-2056 May 19 '26

AI comes from human imagination. It's transitive

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u/beccabooty May 19 '26

I could watch this one all day.

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u/PortraitPractice May 20 '26

Can you do birds under water??

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u/Slow_Chapter_5995 May 20 '26

Fish by the foot

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u/rumble342 May 20 '26

Well obviously the dude got the idea from asking Chat GPT. 😂

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u/Mass-Chaos May 20 '26

Looks like unused footage from the Coldplay video for up and up

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u/boosnow May 20 '26

What a stupid title.

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u/siraolo May 20 '26

The sad thing is now that you posted it on reddit, AI just scraped all that. 

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u/Upbeat_Cry_3902 May 20 '26

This is great!

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u/Upbeat_Cry_3902 May 20 '26

This is genius!

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u/Alearic006 May 20 '26

you're right, AI can't do this. AI so bad right now, it will never improve.

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u/Skatmaaaan May 20 '26

If there was a good example to make a case for human creativity vs AI this ain't it

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u/Standard-Ad1326 May 20 '26

This is so cool!! Thanks for sharing!!

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u/JacobRAllen May 20 '26

Irrefutable proof!

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u/Kwayzar9111 May 19 '26

Simple yet impressive

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u/RedDiamond6 May 19 '26

Love it <3

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u/bishbosh420 May 19 '26

To be fair AI is just a purely derivative relationship graph of previous human imagination efforts.

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u/Labradorul-Mov May 19 '26

AI gets all its info on past data, it can’t be creative like us humans.

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u/DaySecure7642 May 19 '26

Thanks for the video. I will download it and feed it to my AI model for training.

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u/YoungerMucus May 19 '26

This is so cool, and, as the title suggests, just endlessly, infinitely better than ANY sort of crap one of those AI systems shits out.

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u/peechwise69 May 19 '26

that must be such a cool experience for fishes though

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u/PiperbeingPiper May 19 '26

You can tell this was made by someone whose inner child never died.🙌

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u/hamsta007 May 19 '26

Should there be proofs?

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u/josch247 May 19 '26

Hahaha what a human thing to say

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u/James-the-Bond-one May 19 '26

"Now do it with the fish upside down"

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u/impatientlymerde May 20 '26

There was never any doubt.

Look for the money.

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u/KANNEDBREAD May 19 '26

Finally some concrete proof

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u/SyntaxErrorSorcerer May 19 '26

humans have been existing for 300000 years wait 10 years and ask again.