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Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines

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363 points jay_kyburz | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 04:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ulrikrasmussen ◴[26 Aug 25 06:15 UTC] No.45022875[source]▶
I think AI-"upscaled" videos are as jarring to look at as a newly bought TV before frame smoothing has been disabled. Who seriously thinks this looks better, even if the original is a slightly grainy recording from the 90's?

I was recently sent a link to this recording of a David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails concert, and I got a serious uneasy feeling as if I was on a psychedelic and couldn't quite trust my perception, especially at the 2:00 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yyx31HPgfs&list=RD7Yyx31HPg...

It turned out that the video was "AI-upscaled" from an original which is really blurry and sometimes has a low frame rate. These are artistic choices, and I think the original, despite being low resolution, captures the intended atmosphere much better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X6KF1IkkIc&list=RD1X6KF1Ikk...

We have pretty good cameras and lenses now. We don't need AI to "improve" the quality.

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actionfromafar ◴[26 Aug 25 11:59 UTC] No.45025320[source]▶
I think the only way to future-proof 24 fps content is to render it as 120fps, but repeat every frame 5 times. 5 * 24 = 120fps.

I don't think TVs can frame smooth that. It should display as intended.

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1. jazzyjackson ◴[26 Aug 25 15:05 UTC] No.45027605[source]▶
It was probably a Technology Connections video or something but I learned that film projectors actually flash each frame 3 times before progressing to the next so the light is flickering 72 times a second, while the image is only changing 24 fps.