Whether or not a photo or video is generated by AI is a constant debate online. Now, people are once again trying to figure out if his 19th century videos are really from that time, or if they were generated by AI. A video posted by @shimajiofficialz on her TikTok shows her four women dancing to a popular song. The video's overlay text reads, “POV: Me and my best friends in the 1900s,” but he later corrected the caption to read 19th century.
This is a black and white video. The four women are dressed in dresses, hats, and coats and appear to be from the 19th century. They are dancing to the song “Tell Your Girlfriend” by Ray Banks. Their dance moves perfectly match the beat of the song. First, make left and right hand movements and then change direction. Then move your hands up and down in the air and turn again. It's obvious that they are good dancers. They can be seen dancing in front of the SS Great Britain in Bristol, England.
People who watched the video were confused as to whether it was generated by AI or actually from the 19th century. The reason for their doubts is that even though the video is in black and white, the women are dancing to a modern song. @wreckwrap_ commented, “The AI is so powerful that I'm getting scared.” @dipqu wrote, “I literally edited the music too.” @metal_regret wrote, “Guys, this is not real people in AI dressing up like this. Just search on TikTok. It's the one where a group of friends are filming his ridiculous 1900s videos.” It is from 2024.” @f1nns_toothbrush shared, “I just looked into it and it's true that he just added a filter and was dancing with the same voice,'' and @yendys.18 said, “AI is so powerful now. I'm very scared to be there,” he added.
@urbiglefttoefungus clarified: “This is a real video, from a movie production set. (This is not an OG post). And the AI isn't this high tech yet. It's too smooth.” , this is a fact. The original video was recorded in 2024 by his four theater students. The women featured in this video are Erin McGarty, Evie Coombs, Sophie Cooke and Amy Oley. The piece was posted to the Bristol Institute of Performing Arts' TikTok account @bipauk.
This video has been edited to appear much older than it actually is. The second-year musical theater degree student told Yahoo that he filmed the dance on April 22, 2024, after Coombs showed an inclination. “I had five underskirts on, so as you can imagine, it was pretty hard to move around,” Ollie said, speaking of how difficult it was to dance in the dress, according to Indy 100. We also found that people called the AI very “weird” because of the filters present in the video. “I think it's because of the way some of the videos were made that they ended up looking pretty fake.” But people's confusion after watching the videos, whether they're photos or videos, is based on the fact that reality and AI-generated It shows how we live in frightening times where it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between
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