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Ovi: Twin backbone cross-modal fusion for audio-video generation

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280 points montyanderson | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 19:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.231s | source
1. imiric ◴[22 Oct 25 22:30 UTC] No.45675994[source]▶
It depends on what you mean by "blockbuster movie", as even those can have awful visual effects. But a short film released a few months ago made entirely with video generation tools was surprisingly decent[1]. It still requires a talented "director" to have the right vision to guide the project, but the tools are there.

Before we see this and higher level of quality accessible to enthusiasts, we'll see these tools adopted by mainstream studios first, which is starting to happen.

I'm a firm "AI" skeptic, but if this technology has revolutionized anything, it has been image generation. A few years ago it was science fiction to have the quality of upscaling we take for granted today. I reckon the same will happen with video generation as well a few years from now. Unlike "ASI" and "AGI", these improvements are achievable with better engineering, and don't necessarily require a breakthrough.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44564697