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Yeah, it looks good at first glance. Also the fingers are still weird. And I suppose for every somewhat working vid, there were dozens of garbage. At least that

by lukan 3y ago

Yeah, it looks good at first glance. Also the fingers are still weird. And I suppose for every somewhat working vid, there were dozens of garbage. At least that was my experience with image generation. I don't believe, movie makers are out of buisness any time soon. They will have to incorporate it though. So far this can make convincing background scenery.

Solvency 3y ago
I love these hot takes based on profoundly incredible tech that literally just launched. Acting like 2030 isn't around the corner.
- bamboozled 3y ago
  We’re glad you love them.
- andrepd 3y ago
  Anything less than absolute enrapture is a "hot take"... :)
- chefandy 3y ago
  > I love these hot takes based on profoundly incredible tech that literally just launched. Acting like 2030 isn't around the corner. It seems bizarre to think the gee whiz factor in a new commercial creative product makes critiquing its output out-of-bounds. This isn't a university research team: they're charging money for this. Most people have to determine if something is useful before they pay for it.
- goatlover 3y ago
  Let me guess, hard singularity take-off in 2030? Does the hype cycle not exist for techno-optimists? Just one breathless prediction after another?
anoopelias 3y ago
> I don't believe, movie makers are out of business any time soon My son was learning how to play keyboard and he started practicing based on metronome. At some point, I was thinking, why is he learning it at all? We can program which key to be pressed at what point in time, and then a software can play itself! Why bother? Then it hit me! Musicians could automate all the instruments with incredible accuracy since a long time. But they never do that. For some reason, they still want a person behind the piano / guitar / drums.
- czl 3y ago
  > Musicians could automate all the instruments with incredible accuracy since a long time. But they never do that. What do you judge was the ratio of automated music (recordings played back) to live music played in the last year?
  - anoopelias 3y ago
    Just to be clear, I was talking about the original sound produced by a person (vs. a machine). Of course it was recorded and played back a _lot_ more than folks listening live. But I take it, maybe I'm not so familiar with world music, I was talking more about Indian music. While the music is recorded and mixed across several tracks electronically, I think most of it is played (or sang) originally by a person.
    - Larrikin 3y ago
      His point still stands. In the US atleast there's the occasional acoustic song that becomes a hit, but rock music is obviously on its way to slowly becoming jazz status. It and country are really the last genres where live traditional instruments are common during live performances. Pop, Hip Hop, and EDM basically all are put together as being nearly computer perfect. All the great producers can play instruments, and that's often times the best way to get a section out initially. But what you hear on Spotify is more and more meticulously put together note by note on a computer after the fact. Live instruments on stage are now often for spectacle or worse a gimmick, and it's not the song people came to love. I think the future will have people like Lionclad[1] in it pushing what it means to perform live, but I expect them to become fewer and fewer as music just gets more complex to produce overall. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBas80oGEU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBas80oGEU
dugite-code 3y ago
> fingers are still weird Also keep an eye on teeth and high contrast text. Anything small and prone to distortion in low resolution video and images used to train this stuff.
itronitron 3y ago
I can see this being used extensively for short commercials, as the uncanny aspect of a lot of the figures will help to capture people's attention. I don't necessarily believe it will be less expensive than hiring a director and film crew however.

by lukan 3y ago

Solvency 3y ago

I love these hot takes based on profoundly incredible tech that literally just launched. Acting like 2030 isn't around the corner.

bamboozled 3y ago
We’re glad you love them.
andrepd 3y ago
Anything less than absolute enrapture is a "hot take"... :)
chefandy 3y ago
> I love these hot takes based on profoundly incredible tech that literally just launched. Acting like 2030 isn't around the corner. It seems bizarre to think the gee whiz factor in a new commercial creative product makes critiquing its output out-of-bounds. This isn't a university research team: they're charging money for this. Most people have to determine if something is useful before they pay for it.
goatlover 3y ago
Let me guess, hard singularity take-off in 2030? Does the hype cycle not exist for techno-optimists? Just one breathless prediction after another?

anoopelias 3y ago

> I don't believe, movie makers are out of business any time soon My son was learning how to play keyboard and he started practicing based on metronome. At some point, I was thinking, why is he learning it at all? We can program which key to be pressed at what point in time, and then a software can play itself! Why bother? Then it hit me! Musicians could automate all the instruments with incredible accuracy since a long time. But they never do that. For some reason, they still want a person behind the piano / guitar / drums.

czl 3y ago
> Musicians could automate all the instruments with incredible accuracy since a long time. But they never do that. What do you judge was the ratio of automated music (recordings played back) to live music played in the last year?
- anoopelias 3y ago
  Just to be clear, I was talking about the original sound produced by a person (vs. a machine). Of course it was recorded and played back a _lot_ more than folks listening live. But I take it, maybe I'm not so familiar with world music, I was talking more about Indian music. While the music is recorded and mixed across several tracks electronically, I think most of it is played (or sang) originally by a person.
  - Larrikin 3y ago
    His point still stands. In the US atleast there's the occasional acoustic song that becomes a hit, but rock music is obviously on its way to slowly becoming jazz status. It and country are really the last genres where live traditional instruments are common during live performances. Pop, Hip Hop, and EDM basically all are put together as being nearly computer perfect. All the great producers can play instruments, and that's often times the best way to get a section out initially. But what you hear on Spotify is more and more meticulously put together note by note on a computer after the fact. Live instruments on stage are now often for spectacle or worse a gimmick, and it's not the song people came to love. I think the future will have people like Lionclad[1] in it pushing what it means to perform live, but I expect them to become fewer and fewer as music just gets more complex to produce overall. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBas80oGEU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBas80oGEU

dugite-code 3y ago

> fingers are still weird Also keep an eye on teeth and high contrast text. Anything small and prone to distortion in low resolution video and images used to train this stuff.

itronitron 3y ago

I can see this being used extensively for short commercials, as the uncanny aspect of a lot of the figures will help to capture people's attention. I don't necessarily believe it will be less expensive than hiring a director and film crew however.