New artificial intelligence clips have surfaced of Titanic, Harry Potter and Home Alone, calling into question what really happened in the iconic films behind the scenes.
Those unaware that the clips are AI may be confused or find them misleading in nature.
Why It Matters
AI has pervaded nearly every realm of modern-day life, from the workplace to education and even dating.
Video clips created by AI can be especially confusing, as they often look incredibly realistic while depicting events that never occurred.
What To Know
Movie fans have been inundated with several AI clips of their favorite classic films.
One video purports to show behind-the-scenes footage of Home Alone, while several others appear to depict the cast members of Harry Potter and Titanic filming the more elaborate ship sinking and magical scenes from the well-known films.
The reaction to the clips has been mixed, with not everyone totally aware of the AI nature of the behind-the-scenes footage.
“I didn’t need to see all this scenes, ya’ll ruining my childhood,” wrote one user on X about the Titanic clips.
Another commented: “This is why I cried ? All happened in a swimming pool.”
Geetha Rajan, a San Francisco-based AI strategic advisor to Fortune 500 companies and director of corporate strategy at Freshworks, said the new and emerging clips show how AI has moved from being a back-office productivity tool to something used for “pure entertainment.”
“Someone’s taking iconic movie scenes and reimagining them with AI video generators – it’s basically fan fiction, but visual,” Rajan told Newsweek.
What People Are Saying
Geetha Rajan, a San Francisco-based AI strategic advisor to Fortune 500 companies and director of corporate strategy at Freshworks, told Newsweek: “The quality has gotten good enough that most people watching these clips aren’t immediately thinking ‘that’s fake.’ … We’re starting to see real questions around IP and what counts as derivative work… Creating video content used to require entire production teams – now it requires a decent text prompt and some patience.”
What Happens Next
Rajan said viewers can still tell AI apart from reality with a few key details.
“Watch for physics that don’t quite work – water, hair, fabric moving in odd ways. Hands are still a giveaway; AI struggles with finger count and natural positioning,” Rajan said. “Lighting often doesn’t stay consistent across a scene. Faces can look overly smooth or lack the natural asymmetry real faces have. And backgrounds sometimes shift or morph between frames in ways that break the illusion.”
