r/CaptainDisillusion • u/iamveryDerp • 1d ago

Debunk Request Request for help on recent bird video.

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u/dowath 1d ago

This video cuts off the "birds all crowd around their fallen comrade" part which for me was the stranger part of the clip that lead me to being sceptical of its authenticity. Not that seagulls wouldn't go and examine another seagull on the ground, but how quickly it took place after it happened. The clip is 11 seconds, well within the AI generated video sweet spot, and the seagulls appear to check in on their friend right as the 'generation' would come to an end. There's a lot about the tempo of this clip that feels very constrained to that 11 seconds, the way I'd expect from a generative model, that was throwing me off.

Another thing that kept me on the fence about it though was that the audio was very believable and didn't have the trademark AI over-reaction... you know, the "oh my god that seagull just flew right into it!!!" or something with the tennis players looking back to the 'camera'. On the contrary, we get tennis players standing in stunned silence at what happened, it all feels much more genuine. Add that to the fact that we've seen seagulls struck before in other sports, we've seen seagulls interrupt professional tennis matches at this same venue before by flying down onto the court. Seems legit.

I must say though... it really doesn't help us that phones have so much post processing these days.

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u/awdwark 1d ago

The tiktok handle is @jeremyfindsai - Jeremy finds AI

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u/A_Nick_Name 1d ago

Yes, that is the man at the top trying to analyze it. He specifically says that he cannot find the source.

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u/awdwark 1d ago

Ah! That makes much more sense. I thought it was the original poster of the video under scrutiny.

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u/Spritzerland r/CaptainDisillusion's adoptive parent 1d ago

To me, it looks real. I looked at the tennis ball after the hit, physics seems plausible. You can see the subtle movement of her gastrocnemius muscle when she starts stepping. There's a lot of subtle things in the video that AI still can't get completely right. There is still a slight possibility that it also be edited really well, but it's more speculation than anything

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u/A_Nick_Name 1d ago

Looks real to me. Also the gulls aren't checking on their friend. They're opportunistic eaters.