Social media is swarming with videos of animals finding trampolines and bouncing off. There is one problem. Most of them were made using artificial intelligence rather than real.
The video of a group of bunny bounced on a trampoline in surveillance footage has been circulating through word of mouth in Tiktok, reaching over 20 million views and over 25 million likes.
AI consultant and Green Bay resident Jeremy Carrasco took her to the YouTube channel Showtoolsai to destroy the virus trends. If you pay attention to the bunny video, you can see some of them disappear and reappear from the clip.
Carrasco explained in a YouTube video that the four-legged animal is struggling with the trampoline. He backed up this with real videos of coyotes and dogs on a trampoline. There, the dog could only bounce back a few times before stopping.
There was also an AI video of a bear jumping on a trampoline, in which Carrasco broke the flaws in the footage.
Carrasco previously worked at Green Bay's LiveX Studio, but now focuses more on AI literacy. His YouTube channel has over 500 subscribers and has a variety of videos on how to find AI images and how the tools are changing the media.
“At LiveX, we do educational content. We've always known that there are a few tricks to explain technically advanced things to ordinary people,” Carrasco told the Green Bay Press Gazette.
Jeremy Carrasco, AI consultant, resident of Green Bay.
Carrasco also spoke about the misconceptions of people who were “deceived” in AI videos. He said when you believe something from an AI video like an animal trampoline, people shouldn't feel that intelligent.
“If it's a casual video like a bunny on a trampoline, it doesn't really hurt much. If it's like a fun aesthetic, it makes you feel happy. “If it fits a particular aesthetic and hits a particular chord, it's less likely to ask if something is real.”
Carrasco said he is excited to follow these viral video trends. Because I believe that the best way to hook people is to show them videos they think are real to explain why they aren't. He also recommends questioning whether or not videos use AI if they trust these sources.
Rashad Alexander can contact ralexander@gannett.com and 920-431-8214.
This article was originally published in the Green Bay Press Gazette: Green Bayman explains a virus AI video of a bunny on a trampoline
