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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SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
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