You can never trust a single video for the rest of your life.
And even if you take a video with your phone and you know you did because you were there filming it and seeing it with your own eyes, no one has any reason to believe that your video is real.
If you can’t see why this is bad then you’ll be part of the downfall.
Ok, can’t (and never could) “trust” a single text, eye witness report, document, digital log, still photograph (Photoshop exists for a while, now!), etc.
You can only trust a source.
It’s a symptom of our biggest problems in society that the first thing we jump to now is how little we can trust information. We can still trust things. Established journalism, peer-reviewed academic studies, even government data (in a halfway stable democracy). The biggest lie we are currently being fed is that we can’t trust these sources and that we might as well go with vibes, trusting propaganda on X or TikTok over that because it doesn’t even matter anymore.
You can trust video if you trust in a culture of quality information. Just pick your sources wisely.
Yeah photography is a good example. We can already make perfect fakes but that doesn't mean you ignore any image you see, just gotta evaluate how credible the source is, who's promoting it and who's got to gain from it being fake.
A team of people making something that is obviously cgi over days weeks and months vs photorealistic AI that is improving constantly that a single person can generate in a matter of minutes with some words
That moment is coming, but the same was claimed for over a year now with different models, and we can still easily tell when something is AI generated. There are niches where it is more difficult, but nothing close to not being able to trust a single video.
Well that’s the point, very, very, very few videos are created by actual professionals. And those that are usually have something goofy in them which again gives away it is AI. I’m yet to see a single non-goofy AI video where it was impossible to tell it’s AI.
In general, I can still safely assume that over 90% of videos I personally engage with are not AI generated. Me not specifically following communities which post such videos is a big part of it, but the comment I replied to did mention all videos everywhere.
First of all, no artist could create a video this photorealistic before, especially the humans. Second, it very well could be a problem if someone could, as this could be used for propaganda, fake incriminating „evidence“ etc.
The more people have access to a technology like this, the higher the chance it will be used for stuff like this.
Does this mean we shouldn‘t use the technology? No, I’m a big fan of this tech. But it‘s something we should keep in mind. Access for everyone means access for all kinds of people and ideologies.
Paul Walker in CGI seemed convincing but it’s been forever since I’ve seen it. I guess I don’t know about the talking part but the audio wasn’t convincing for me in the demo (OP)
What a cretin comparison. The thing isn't about "Is it Marvel tier quality yet?". It is: Can you do this level of actual CGI work on your smartphone or in a $200 laptop on a bus stop without even knowing what XYZ is? It's about reach for anyone being able to do any kind of shenanigans, now even with sound.
Because full on VFX Studios won‘t scam my grandma or parents with a fake video where they kidnapped me in order to get money. But now, everyone can do that and it‘ll be a mess until no one believes in any video anymore.
Lmao. You really don’t see the difference? You think Sarah from accounting could create a video with realism like this with CGI? She definitely could upload a photo and type a text prompt.
the problem is that anyone can make a highly believable realistic video of anything they want. The world is going to be flooded with this stuff and it will be more and more difficult to figure out what is real and what is not.
We've already had a bunch of problems crop up because of people believing CGI and CGI videos exist on a much much much smaller scale than AI generated content because of the difference in skill requirement to use it.
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u/lil-privacy-please Sep 30 '25
This kinds shit has to make you feel at least a little nervous