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Evan S. Kurtz
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Posted: 29 April 2026 at 2:06am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

YouTube. “Chloe” travels back in time and takes a tour of Ancient Rome. There’s a second video on the channel depicting “her” visit to the Titanic. There are artifacts and inconsistencies that you are bound to notice if you study the background. 

On one hand, the goal of the content creator is to depict items of historical interest as accurately as possible, in a way that may capture the interest of students and the younger generations by way of an AI “influencer” recording with “her” phone’s camera. 

On the other hand, we are really close to approaching the point where AI videos are indistinguishable from reality, which is a terrifying outcome if the content creator isn’t trying to depict items of interest as accurately as possible. 

Still, it’s fascinating to watch.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 29 April 2026 at 10:28am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Technically impressive, but AI tattoos?? Ugh!!
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Evan S. Kurtz
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Posted: 29 April 2026 at 11:33am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

I wonder if they did that just in order to prove they could? I assume the tattoos are consistent across this - and other - videos, which in and of itself would be a technical achievement. 
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John Byrne

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Posted: 29 April 2026 at 11:58am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Hm. In standard CGI once something is mapped it stays mapped. I have no idea if AI works the same way.
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Michael Hogan
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Posted: 29 April 2026 at 1:05pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

In the right hands, with the right intent and oversight (and
without the annoying "tour guide"), I could see this being
very useful for grade-school instruction.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 29 April 2026 at 1:36pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Certainly an improvement over the slide shows we got in the Fifties and Sixties!!

(O, God, I’m OLD!!)

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