00:00Will Smith kicked off his Based on a True Story tour Sunday in the UK, but before it even began, a video he shared online had people doing a double take, wondering if AI had a front row seat.
00:15Don't you give up on me, no, no, no, no.
00:19This is the video in question. Share it to Will Smith's socials with the caption, my favorite part of tour is seeing you all up close. Thank you for seeing me too.
00:30But some viewers spotted strange visuals, blurred faces, distorted limbs, and what looked like a crowd straight out of an AI playbook.
00:39One sign appears to read, from West Philly to West, well, that's all people could make out because the next word is made up of characters that don't actually spell anything.
00:50Another questionable sign reads, two bad weather people at Paleo tonight will be a storm, with some suggesting this was a randomly generated word salad.
00:59Online reactions have some pointing out how obviously fake it looked, but others say the real concern is when AI does get it right, and it gets harder to tell what's real and what's fake.
01:12One Reddit user joked that Will's just getting back at all those AI video companies showing him eating spaghetti.
01:19In 2023, a Reddit user uploaded a text-to-video AI creation titled, Will Smith Eating Spaghetti.
01:26The distorted video quickly became a meme, and eventually an unofficial litmus test for AI developers.
01:34If your model could make Will Smith eat spaghetti without melting, you were on to something.
01:39Even Will Smith got in on the joke, posting his own parody video last year.
01:45From Will Smith to Rod Stewart facing heat for an AI tribute to Ozzy Osbourne earlier in August,
01:51to Velvet Sundown, an AI band that racked up a million streams before fans found out they weren't real,
01:58AI and entertainment isn't just a tool, it's a talking point as the industry figures out how to regulate it.
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