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Working with AI animation is different than static images. Animation opens up different dimensions of space because now you have to think not only about perspective but also motion. When creating AI-generated animations, you usually get surprising results. The fine-grained level of control is not there yet. For instance, I prompted AnimateDiff to create a boat gliding along flower-filled waters. It was a basic prompt, nothing fancy. I wasn't worrying about perspective or motion, but in my mind, I was visualizing the camera pointed at the boat from a side angle (even though I didn't specify this in the prompt). The software created the boat from a top-down perspective. Moreover, there was no real motion aside from the water ripples and some strange artifact.
I reworked the prompt to include specific mention of side views and side angles.
This animation came out just wonderful! The sense of motion is real, even though I was actually envisioning the boat gliding from right to left until it was off the screen (again, a parameter not specified in the prompt). But this is definitely much better and closer to my vision than the previous creation. It is supercool!
In this next piece, I prompted for a germinating seed blooming into a lotus. This was an interesting creation. There is a slight elasticity to the motion that makes the whole scene look organic, or sensual, one might say.
I could have spent more time working with this flower, but I jumped to the next theme instead.
This Viking princess made my day.
I changed some settings to improve animation quality, and while it takes longer to create the animation, the file size remained relatively low 2.26 mb. Increasing the FPS and number of frame would increase the size, time, and loveliness of the piece :) :) :) pic.twitter.com/Tnmjn51muz
— litguru (@litguru23) November 14, 2023
I think I’m in love. Heh! I’m joking, but it’s not far off when we’ll be able to do just that. Turn a creation like this one into a fully functioning autonomous intelligent system that caters to our neuro-emotional needs and wants. As an example, I could prompt my Viking girlfriend to call me, “my lord” or “bad daddy”. It won’t be long before we start talking about ethics, regulation, and controls, especially if the AI systems are truly intelligent and conscious, which is just a matter of time, if it hasn't happened already. I'm sure it will be a measured and sane dialogue. It's beyond the scope of this post to discuss whether a piece of animation can become conscious and fall in love with a human. I'm also late for a romantic date, so until next time, my organic friends.
To Valhalla!
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