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Hillary K. Grigonis

Horrifying yet hilarious viral gymnastics video illustrates why videographers shouldn't fear losing jobs to AI yet

A screenshot of an AI-generated video shows a photographer with four hands.

When OpenAI launched its AI generated video platform earlier this week, it did so while admitting that the system wasn’t yet very good at complex physical movements. Now a viral video of a gymnast that distorts limbs and even appears to lose her head as she twists through the air illustrates Sora’s known issue with a mix of horror and hilarity.

The video, which now has more than 1.7 million views on X, was created and shared by Deedy Das, a venture capitalist. “As cool as the new Sora is, gymnastics is still very much the Turing test for AI video,” the caption reads. Das previously shared an equally horrifying AI gymnastics video over the summer created by the AI platform Luma.

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