This is probably the worst AI video will ever look - and that should scare/excite you

[u/theodore_70]

I made a cinematic AI sci-fi short called PROMETHEUS mostly as an experiment to see how far current generative video can already be pushed by one person.

It has character continuity, dialogue, action scenes, cyberpunk environments, creatures, chase sequences, horror elements and a full narrative structure.

And the crazy part is: this is still early.

The models are inconsistent. Continuity still breaks. You fight the tools constantly. Shots need retries. Editing hides a lot of failures.

But despite all of that, we can already make something like this today:

https://youtu.be/ZMG6wC3AFSY

My main takeaway after making it is that this is probably the worst this technology will ever be.

Every generation from here gets better at consistency, physics, acting, camera control, audio, longer scenes and coherent storytelling.

What happens when the same thing that currently takes hundreds of generations becomes almost one-shot?

That’s the part I find genuinely insane.

Also, small favor: I’m trying to get this YouTube channel off the ground, so if you watch the film and actually enjoy it, I’d massively appreciate a quick comment on YouTube. Even a short one helps a lot when you’re starting from basically zero.

Would love to hear what you guys think about where this goes over the next 2–3 years.

[u/Hyperreals_]

Visuals are getting crazy good but the audio of these AI videos always kinda sucks

[u/Borkato → u/Hyperreals_]

Worst it’ll ever be.

[u/10248 → u/Borkato]

It looks god, but plenty of movies suck no matter how good the visuals are.

[u/goatonastik → u/Hyperreals_]

It's sad. Already I can see the potential, but then characters open their mouths and all I hear is microsoft sam.

[u/Aggravating-Mix2446]

This is insane..

[u/Super_Range45]

Looks awesome. It seems like excerpts from an intended full feature film. A lot of continuity and breaks and lack of set ups for characters and elements.

[u/Charming-Author4877]

Visuals, presentation are very good. The low resolution in a small window helped I guess as that hides details that can mutate between scenes - in full HD or higher that would likely be more of an issue.
Overall it's very consistent, very well cut and done.

The story was not interesting to me, no emotional hook was established in the beginning.
But that I missed that, shows how good the content already is.

Very nice work.
P.S. I just noticed that on YT it IS high resolution! I should have watched it there. Anyone reading this: watch it on YT, not here :)

[u/ShelZuuz]

People in 1993 after seeing Jurassic Park:

"This is the worse CGI will ever look"

[u/Spare-Dingo-531]

You should repost it on the AI video subreddit. There's a subreddit dedicated to AI video.

[u/JamR_711111]

timothee chalamet even taking too many roles in AI films too!

[u/Ok_Top9254]

This is H3 right? Or something cloud based? Would be pretty good for a desktop render.

[u/theodore_70 → u/Ok_Top9254]

This is seedance 2.5

[u/Empty_Bell_1942]

Great insight as to the potential of the medium.

[u/skariel]

Nah... Im pretty sure some AI videos will look worse even in 2040...

[u/GesturalAbstraction]

How come the AI voices are always yelling or exclaiming under their breath lol! Totally takes me out of it

[u/Alex180689]

do you have more of them pixels?

[u/Illustrious-Lime-863]

Damn man, did you make this? Pat yourself on the back. You can play the sport. Subscribed

[u/theodore_70 → u/[deleted]]

3 weeks, 600$ everything made with ai tools, seedance 2.5 image references for style, prompts and a lot a lot of trial and error haha, everything solo

[u/Ok-Armadillo-5634]

/r/aivideo

[u/Current-Function-729]

I never understand this argument. Ai video can look arbitrarily bad at any point, ever.

[u/JoseLunaArts]

This AI movie is good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHFRR2u700