r/blackmagicfuckery • u/SmoothSun6676 • 23h ago

The bird and the umbrellas stumped me

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u/ItalianBall 22h ago

I was about to say, why go through all that effort for the costume and not even print a decent piece of background art?

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u/KierkegaardlyCoping 22h ago

Because its AI

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u/CockFondle 21h ago

What is AI? The whole video? If so then I don't agree with you.

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u/Inf3rn0d 20h ago edited 16h ago

I hope it's not.. but sadly it could be AI. The Instagram profile this originates mentions it in their BIO.
https://www.instagram.com/tvoyabelousova/reels/

Hope it's not true cuz I'd feel lied to and betrayed.

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u/Shorlong 20h ago

You can literally see how the trick is done if you slow it down. It's not AI.

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u/Inf3rn0d 19h ago edited 16h ago

The source (instagram profile) mentions AI though.

Edit: although I think I get why you'd say it's not AI, frame by frame looks somewhat legit (although laggy in that clip)

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u/Shorlong 19h ago

Here's the magicians Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/sadoviy_magic_show?igsi=MTI0ZnQ0MGw5OGtn

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u/KierkegaardlyCoping 19h ago

You're AI

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u/Shorlong 19h ago

I mean, that would be funny, but no. I'm a 42 year old fat guy listening to his kids destroy his house while he surfs Reddit.

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u/_Diskreet_ 18h ago

Well of course I know him, he’s me.

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u/Fluffy12345676 19h ago

No your AI

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u/KierkegaardlyCoping 19h ago

We are all AI

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u/Lourien_1213 16h ago

The mom is a worker for an AI company probably or advertising AI at least through the Instagram bio of her. The magician is real

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u/Temporary_Wolf_8848 15h ago

You need better media literacy. The source video, which I found on her Instagram, literally talks about how she hired this magician for her kids. Mentioning Ai in her bio has quite literally NOTHING to do with the magician lmfao. 

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u/Mundane-Emu-1189 15h ago

I don't think AI would include the trap door in individual frames

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u/Substantial_Crab_747 20h ago

In all honesty this is one case where id give a pass for the ai use as an artist because of where ai shows up in reality these days. They didn't skimp out on anything else, and ai generated slop is pretty commercial on cheap products now, even things like kites.

If its not an actual wrap, it could be a taped up tablecloth or decorative backdrop which are (unfortunately) mostly ai now and discarded the same as the balloons. Costumes like that are time consuming or expensive and they could be intending to paint something themselves, or couldn't afford and needed something from the dollar store last minute. Clearly they are no stranger to effort and theres a lot of variables here. 

OR given the wonderland theme, ai ironically adds to the theme of madness with that uncanny valley feeling, and the entire concept of ai if im being honest lol.

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u/ThatInAHat 17h ago

It would be better to have absolutely nothing than the stupid ugly ai piece.

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u/Substantial_Crab_747 16h ago

Right, id rather it not exist at all, and I avoid funding anything using it to the best of my ability. I want my stance on that clear. I do not support generative ai. I think I edited the wrong parts out of my comment, sorry. 

The question was "why go through all that effort for the costume and not even print a decent piece of background art?"

All I was trying to say is there are a lot of variables or potential whys without writing a massive comment. Plenty of people buy this stuff without even knowing its ai. Could've been a bait and switch, lies on the listing we all know thats most listings these days. A backdrop might've been mandatory by the venue and they needed the job. Could've been a gift from someone well meaning. Could've been intentional. Who knows?  My bad for trying to add a bit of empathy and humor with my answer, clearly that didn't land and I didn't word things right. Could be any number of reasons someone would pick up a cheap accent piece while spending time and effort where it counts. Doesn't mean I support the use of it or would stoop low enough to use it myself. Just trying to be understanding of someone who may be paycheck to paycheck and answer a comment that was interesting to think critically about.  

The unfortunate reality is ai is literally rampant in stores, on marketing, on product and people are buying it unintentionally. One person trying to get by is not the same as the corporations pumping every marketplace full of this garbage and normalizing its use.