I’m still grappling with the astonishing reality that mere code can transform a single image and a little text into a vivid movie scene — not just spatially, but with the intricate physics of living organisms, people acting and speaking, all sparked by a few text prompts. Three years ago, when I first experimented with AI-generated images, I felt the same disbelief; it seemed unreal, almost impossible. Back then, I was convinced there’d be a hard limit to this technology, and consistent video generation was just out of the question, something reserved for the era of quantum computing. Yet, here we are, without quantum computing AI can now generate near-realistic footage from a short description. I can’t keep up with the flood of new AI models and tools, and I’m only focused on visual content generation, let alone the countless other fields AI is reshaping.
I always felt I can, to some extent, imagine how a new emerging tech might shape life and society, but AI has left me utterly overwhelmed. I didn't expect this would emerge so soon and so fast. Many fear and reject this technology, and I get why. But there is no way to stop it, except maybe of some cataclysmic event. My concern isn’t the tech itself but the potential for those in power to wield it for sinister purposes, like manipulation, control, and enslavement on a scale most can’t fathom.
Still, I’m not just wary — I’m captivated. I’m driven to understand how it works and how to use it.
I generated this video with Midjournay and KlingAI around Ane Brun's beautiful song Trust.
Upvoted, reposten and then I shared it on Twitter. I am going to check it out on YouTube and save it from there as well.
Thanks Otto! See you on Thursday!
Because I work in fractal art, and understand how fractal geometry makes up the shapes of the living world, I understand what you are saying ... just a slight adjustment in the math of fractal geometry is what makes the shape of the rose different than that of the daisy, or any other flower of that basic shape, so I completely understand how a single line of code makes so much difference. I use fractal art to make aliens that can be eerily familiar to shapes we know better, and here you have created a scene that is beautifully familiar, but also fascinatingly different!
You can get fascinating results if you "fractalize" an existing image with AI. While not true fractals, the aesthetic closely mirrors their intricate, recursive beauty.
Good to know -- thanks! My guess would be that AI will work with the underlying "fractality" of all things that are similar to other things of their type.
What an optimistic, bright vision of the future! I'm not sure how I feel about AI but I wouldn't mind living in that movie.
It is said that all UFOs come from another dimension! Come and think about that with your creation!
What if every thought we imagine, every fleeting reverie, is a glimpse into another dimension that truly exists?
In recent years, I have moved on to simulation/programming.