AI Created An Olympic Gymnastics Routine & It’s Pure Gold

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AI Created An Olympic Gymnastics Routine & It's Pure Gold

As a seasoned gamer and tech enthusiast with over two decades of digital exploration under my belt, I must say that the AI-generated gymnastics video is nothing short of a rollercoaster ride through the uncanny valley. It’s like watching a David Cronenberg movie on fast forward, with all the body horror and existential dread condensed into a 2-minute clip.

If there was an award for the most genuinely bizarre and unsettling videos made by artificial intelligence to celebrate the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the recent video shared on YouTube would undoubtedly receive a perfect score from the judges and take home the grand prize.

The video, named “The Aesthetics and Trials of AI-Produced Artistic Gymnastics,” showcases a collection of clips featuring an artificial athlete (AI-created female figure) demonstrating gymnastic moves on a balance bar and beam. However, since AI lacks the comprehension of human body mechanics and the intricate movements required for such complex and rigorous routines, the performance appears eerily similar to scenes from a David Cronenberg-style body horror film.

Observe with increasing discomfort as the young woman undergoes transformations that exceed human capabilities, shedding her clothes, limbs, or structure (often all three simultaneously), disappearing completely, reproducing herself, and even sinking into the floor beneath. The video is both disturbing and amusing – a characteristic of AI-generated content – and serves as a reminder that technology still has a long way to go before it can convincingly simulate the human body and significantly impact films and television.

The AI Olympic video is impressive for the wrong reasons

Paolo Lutha, an online user who specializes in AI-generated content, shared a video of the Olympics on his channel. He referred to it as “one-of-a-kind” and “mesmerizing,” noting that the AI was trying to mimic gymnastics moves such as flexibility, balance, and precision. However, he also pointed out the differences and surreal aspects that emerged during this imitation process.

“In layman’s terms, we might say ‘discrepancies’ are apparent. To us, it’s more like a ‘mind-boggling spectacle.’ And as for those commenting on the video, they weren’t exactly blown away. User @ToozdaysChild quipped, ‘Unless you can contort yourself into at least 5 dimensions, there’s no way you’ll retrieve the gold,’ while @dorpth noted, ‘Their creation of seemingly endless energy while spinning in mid-air didn’t do much for me initially. But by the end, they managed to win me over when she passed through the floor as if it weren’t there.'”

A different user, @sleeby526, speculated that the artificial intelligence was intentionally programmed to create a peculiar video: “It seems it was instructed to be strange,” they remarked, “due to how the camera emphasizes the disappearances and the ordinary nature of the backdrop.” Therefore, is it intentional sensationalism or another proof that AI may not yet be ready for mainstream use? Let’s await the verdict from the experts.

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2024-08-06 00:59