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Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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Re: Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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Looking at text to video examples ( https://starflow-v.github.io/#text-to-video ) I'm not impressed. Those gave me the feeling of the early Will Smith noodles videos. Did I miss anything?

These are ~2 years behind state of the art from the looks of it. Still cool that they're releasing anything that's open for researchers to play with, but it's nothing groundbreaking.

Re: Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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Apple has a video understanding model too. I can't wait to find out what accessibility stuff they'll do with the models. As a blind person, AI has changed my life.

Can you share some ways AI has changed your life?

I guess that auto-generated audio descriptions for (almost?) any video you want is a very, very nice feature for a blind person.

Re: Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you share some ways AI has changed your life?

I guess that auto-generated audio descriptions for (almost?) any video you want is a very, very nice feature for a blind person.

guessing that being able to hear a description of what the camera is seeing (basically a special case of a video) in any circumstances is indeed life changing if you're blind...? take a picture through the window and ask what's the commotion? door closed outside that's normally open - take a picture, tell me if there's a sign on it? etc.

Re: Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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post #7

Apple has a video understanding model too. I can't wait to find out what accessibility stuff they'll do with the models. As a blind person, AI has changed my life.

> As a blind person, AI has changed my life. Something one doesn't see in news headlines. Happy to see this comment.

What other accessibility features do you wish existed in video AI models? Real-time vs post-processing?

Re: Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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post #10

Looking at text to video examples ( https://starflow-v.github.io/#text-to-video ) I'm not impressed. Those gave me the feeling of the early Will Smith noodles videos. Did I miss anything?

These are ~2 years behind state of the art from the looks of it. Still cool that they're releasing anything that's open for researchers to play with, but it's nothing groundbreaking.

But 7b is rather small no? Are other open weight video models also this small? Can this run on a single consumer card?

Re: Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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post #7

Apple has a video understanding model too. I can't wait to find out what accessibility stuff they'll do with the models. As a blind person, AI has changed my life.

> As a blind person, AI has changed my life. Something one doesn't see in news headlines. Happy to see this comment.

+1 and I would be curious to read and learn more about it.

Re: Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you share some ways AI has changed your life?

I guess that auto-generated audio descriptions for (almost?) any video you want is a very, very nice feature for a blind person.

My two cents, this seems like a case where it’s better to wait for the person’s response instead of guessing.
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