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Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by CM30 »

I've always wondered what the people in these videos/making these videos think of this extra traffic from articles, sites and subreddits like this. Do they ever randomly go on YouTube, then freak out when they see a ton of notifications from people they don't know? Are there people involved here who see the popularity of some random clip, realise there's a business/channel opportunity involved and go all in with it?

What it's like seeing some random seemingly unlisted/unedited clip you posted suddenly get thousands or millions of views from random people online?

Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by randallsquared »

high_na_euv wrote: post #30
peebeebee wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rate at which AI is accelerating seems the same as other big inventions. Some examples: - Tim invented the WWW in 1989, but I'd took until around 2000 (10 years) to go to the web we now know with Streaming and Social Media. - The first big mobile success (Nokia 3310) was in 2000, the 'end-stage' phone (iPhone 5 or something) was also 10 years later. - Google Deepdream was in 2016, to "Will Smith eating spaghetti"…

>AI generated video literally unrecognisable from real. What?? Not even close

You may be thinking of video you saw generated last month.

Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by bonoboTP »

randallsquared wrote: post #32
high_na_euv wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>AI generated video literally unrecognisable from real. What?? Not even close

You may be thinking of video you saw generated last month.

I think the tells of AI video are becoming more subtle, similar to language. It's no longer so much that the visuals are categorically impossible, such as mangled hands or impossible geometric arrangements of objects, but you can still see style and composition that is more frequent in AI video (but could be possible in a real video as well in principle).

Such as higher production quality, too beautiful people, a kind of stock photo sheen, etc. Of course if you use special LoRAs or prompts and input images, it's possible to leave the stock footage style, but most people don't bother with it, just like most people use stock ChatGPT in its default voice with its favorite trope-filled cadence etc.

Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by echelon »

nick_lt wrote: post #17
tombert wrote: post #6

I read this article when it was new and I've shared it with a bunch of people because it it unbelievably fascinating to me. There's something borderline "voyeuristic" (for want of a better term) about it. There are all these videos that are public, I'm allowed to watch them, but they were clearly not meant for me to watch. It's like when you see a family photo at a Goodwill or something. It's definitely worth trying…

Yeah that's weird, its like a time capsule seeing all the fashion. I just tried random numbers and it showed many videos that would only send to your family

Should archive team get on this?

On the one hand, this absolutely is a time capsule. It's hard to get something this real and authentic. It is a legitimate snapshot of 2009 - 2012 and probably has no like anywhere else in the world.

On the other hand, do these folks even know? Would they be okay with it?

I suspect Google might close this if it gets enough eyeballs.

I think Archive Team should archive these. It's a fleeting glimpse at a disappearing world, where smartphones were brand new. We won't be able to recover it if it's lost.

Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by gonzalohm »

tombert wrote: post #6

I read this article when it was new and I've shared it with a bunch of people because it it unbelievably fascinating to me. There's something borderline "voyeuristic" (for want of a better term) about it. There are all these videos that are public, I'm allowed to watch them, but they were clearly not meant for me to watch. It's like when you see a family photo at a Goodwill or something. It's definitely worth trying…

There are also creepy videos. I just searched for IMG_ date of my birthday and there is a video of someone recording a dead pig. Nice way to start my day

Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by justsomehnguy »

thrdbndndn wrote: post #14
justsomehnguy wrote: post #11

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> It seems our fingers have gotten thinner Of course not. It's actually way simpler: smartphones became taller and heavier and you no longer can use it with one hand anymore even if you are 2m tall man. So the main mode of interaction changed to a two-hand mode and one-hand is relegated for the doom scrolling, selfies and quick replies. Hell, my Moto has a special one-handed mode! >> Use one-handed mode >> Want to us…

Just curious: why your otherwise neatly formatted table uses a different format for the last row?

This question should be addressed to Wikipedia from where I copied the data.
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