We opened the Pandora AI box with ChatGPT, a generative AI chatbot that took the world by storm late last year. Since then, some of the brightest minds in AI have begun to worry that artificial intelligence could endanger humanity. Some people call for a slowdown in AI development, but with the advent of ChatGPT, I don’t think that’s possible.
Because anyone with the right training can develop amazing AI capabilities, such as the so-called Disentangled Control for Referring Human Dance Generation in Real World (DisCo) generative AI, which can create dance videos from a single photo.
Around new scientistThe technology is the result of a collaboration between researchers and Microsoft, as well as Tan Wang’s team of researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
What DisCo does is pretty simple. The picture he divides into three parts. Observe the background, foreground, and pose of the person.
It then combines that information with dance data from AI-trained TikTok dance videos to create videos of people dancing to a specific song.
Ironically, if you’re releasing a dance video on TikTok, the AI may use the information from the clip to animate the still photo. But you never know if DisCO has accessed your video.
The simplest use case for this technology is generating dance videos on TikTok without having to learn new choreography yourself. This also means generating fake content for the platform, assuming you have access to DisCo.
But DisCo could have broader applications in the future, such as using the app to preview complex choreography for shows involving real people. You can see what the dance routine looks like before you start practicing. AI will tell you when and how to move your body.
DisCo can also be used in the post-production stage of movies and TV shows. Studios will be able to add dance routines to projects without hiring dancers.
That said, don’t expect perfect video from these first-generation AI-generated clips. Also, his DisCo may not be the only generative AI software that creates dance videos from images. Check out this TikTok clip (via YouTube) of the statues dancing as they come to life.
