Item — HN Reader

There's something so unsettling about that 2nd link you posted, and I don't mean from an "AI is impressive" POV (I think it looks like absolute garbage but will probably continue improving bit by bit). There's something even in the still frames which scratches my brain in a very unpleasant way, it's hard to describe the sensation. The closest thing is "disgust", maybe it's a uncanny valley type of effect.

Also, how are these 2 comparable at all? Obviously the video looks more "realistic", the first one is obviously a game demo of some kind and is stylized, whereas the latter looks like a terrible travel agency ad.

1 comments

> how are these 2 comparable at all. the latter looks like a terrible travel agency ad.

Don't focus on the emotional context of the scenes. Look at the physical content. They are both contain stonework, plants and a human. They are both large, detailed scenes lit by strong sunlight and a bright sky. As far as rendering technology requirements go, they are very similar.

> scratches my brain in a very unpleasant way, it's hard to describe the sensation. The closest thing is "disgust"

There is strong discontinuous motion effect because of how the video tech is based on a sequences of "first frame, last frame" inputs spliced together. There are a couple seconds where her behavior gets uncanny valley --particularly her hands on the door. Wouldn't be a concern in an unrealistic video game. But, would be in a this-realistic game regardless of the tech. And, there is a very slight warble in the fine details. But, you have to really look for those to distinguish them from MPEG artifacts.

I expect what a lot of people here are feeling when they watch the video is disgust based 90% or more just on the fact that the video was AI generated :/