RunwayML Shares AI Skateboarding Bear Video
Runway co-founder compares new clip to the firm's first AI video from 2019.
RunwayML posted an AI-generated video of a bear-costumed skateboarder performing tricks at a coastal skate park. Co-founder and CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela replied to a comment on the clip by noting that current results look strong next to the company's 2019 output, which included an early AI video of Will Smith eating spaghetti. Investor Michael Dempsey described the new video as amazing. The posts treat the skateboarding clip as an illustration of progress in generative video models.
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Cristóbal Valenzuela@c_valenzuelab@LinusEkenstam Will Smith eating spaghetti is pretty good when you compare it to where we were in 2019, when we started Runway. @matamalaortiz made the first-ever AI video in 2019. Everyone thought we were insane for spending time thinking about this, doing it, and taking it…
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