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Re: Veo

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

fakedang wrote: post #63
loudmax wrote: post #21

The videos in this demo are pretty neat. If this had been announced just four months ago we'd all be very impressed by the capabilities. The problem is that these video clips are very unimpressive compared to the Sora demonstration which came out three months ago. If this demo was announced by some scrappy startup it would be worth taking note. Coming from Google, the inventor of the Transformer and owner of the larg…

Honestly, if Veo becomes public faster than Sora, they could win the video AI race. But what am I wishfully thinking - it's Google we're talking about!

The cost to switch to new models is negligible. People will switch to Sora if its better instantly

I’ve switched to Opus from GPT-4 for coding and it was non-trivially easy

Re: Veo

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Post by exodust »

londons_explore wrote: post #386
xnx wrote: post #212

60 second example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diqmZs1aD1g

Looks like in places this has learned video compression artifacts...

Funny if true. Perhaps in some generated video it will suddenly interrupt the sequence with pretend unskippable ads for phone cases & VPNs.

Re: Veo

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Post by ndls »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #421
fakedang wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, if Veo becomes public faster than Sora, they could win the video AI race. But what am I wishfully thinking - it's Google we're talking about!

The cost to switch to new models is negligible. People will switch to Sora if its better instantly I’ve switched to Opus from GPT-4 for coding and it was non-trivially easy

I think you used non-trivially wrong there, bud.

Re: Veo

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Post by runeks »

Didn't the model ever fail to generate realistic-looking content?

If I don't know better I'd think you just cherry-picked the prompts with the best-looking results.

Re: Veo

#426

Post by teaearlgraycold »

bugbuddy wrote: post #403
xNeil wrote: post #387

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Google and Apple have a somewhat poor software innovation reputation. I'm assuming you mean reputation as in general opinion among developers? Because Google's probably been the most innovative company of the 21st century so far.

Yes, I miss Stadia so much. It was the most innovative streaming platform I had ever used. I wished I could still use it. Please, Google, bring Stadia back.

They’re renting out the tech to 3rd parties

Re: Veo

#427

Post by shwaj »

stkhlm wrote: post #414
exodust wrote: post #408

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> nobody wants to see a video or a photo of a dark, gray, and barely visible aurora Except those who want to see an accurate representation of what it looks like to the naked eye.

Living in northern Sweden I see the northern lights multiple times a year. I have never seen them pale or otherwise not colorful. Green and reds always. That is to my naked eye. Photographs do look more saturated, but the difference isn't as large as this comment thread make it out to be.

That mirrors my experience from when I used to live in northern Canada

Re: Veo

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Post by carschno »

runeks wrote: post #425

Didn't the model ever fail to generate realistic-looking content? If I don't know better I'd think you just cherry-picked the prompts with the best-looking results.

What you see there is a product, not the scientific contribution behind it. Consequently, you see marketing material, not a scientific evaluation.

Re: Veo

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Post by motoxpro »

piloto_ciego wrote: post #309
IggleSniggle wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Psh. Things are not static. Progress sucks now. Haven't you heard of enshitification? You can always look back and say, "see? I told you it would suck in the future!" ...why am I feeling to urge to point out that I am only making a joke here and not trying to make an actual counter point, even if one can be made...?

I commented on this elsewhere, but being a negative Nancy is really a winning strategy. If you’re negative and you get it wrong, nobody cares, get it and right you look like a damn genius. Conversely, if you’re positive and get it wrong, you look like an idiot and if you’re right you’re praised for a good call once. The rational “game theory” choice is to predict calamity.

Yeah it’s funny that optimism in the long term is optimal and pessimism in the short term is optimal.

Re: Veo

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Post by sph »

redml wrote: post #158
axblount wrote: post #48

I hate to be so cynical, but I'm dreading the inevitable flood of AI generated video spam. We really are about this close to infinite jest. Imagine TikTok's algorithm with on demand video generation to suit your exact tastes. It may erase the social aspect, but for many users I doubt that would matter too much. "Lurking" into oblivion.

I think of it as we're replacing the SEO spam we have right now with AI spam. At least now we can fight that with more AI.

There's a naive statement to make.
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