AI’s getting better at faking crowds. Here’s why that’s cause for concern

Crowd scenes have been challenging to create in a seamless fashion using AI, as the recent controversy over a Will Smith concert video shows. But the technology is improving fast, and there are serious implications for how these “fake” crowds might be coopted by entertainers, politicians and others at a time when success is often equated with popularity.

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This Will Smith video tore through the internet recently…

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WILL SMITH: (Rapping) So dry your eyes and then you’ll find a way.

DETROW: …Not for his performance, but for the crowd. Eagle-eyed

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