人工智能做视频的新问题

Speaking of a recent new computer software, this is really a very interesting matter.

We all know that computers nowadays are very smart.

Computers can help us do a lot of work.

Before, we used computers to write.

We used computers to listen to music.

Later, we could use computers to watch movies.

But now, computers can make movies by themselves.

This is the news we want to talk about.

There is a very famous Chinese company.

This company made TikTok, which everyone likes very much.

Last week, this company released a new thing.

It is a new computer software.

Its name is Seedance.

This software is very impressive.

Why do we say it is impressive?

Because the things it makes are too real.

Before, if you wanted to make a movie, you needed many things.

You needed a lot of money.

You needed many beautiful people.

You needed very good cameras.

You also needed to go to many different places.

This was very difficult.

If you wanted to make a good movie, it might take a few years.

But now, with this software, it is different.

Do you know how to do it?

It is very simple.

You just have to sit at home.

You turn on the computer.

You give the computer a photo.

Or, you write a few words.

You tell the computer what you want to see.

For example, you want to see a person singing.

Or two people dancing together.

After you finish writing the words, wait one minute.

Just one minute.

The computer finishes it.

The computer gives you a small movie.

The people in this small movie are just like real people.

Their eyes can move.

Their mouths can move.

Their hair can also move.

When you look at it, you feel that this is real.

This is too surprising.

Because this software is so easy to use, many people are playing with it.

Everyone has made many fun little movies.

I will tell you a few examples.

There is a very famous American singer.

He is called Kanye West.

Everyone knows him.

Someone used this software to make a video.

In the video is Kanye West.

He is inside a Chinese house.

He is singing a Chinese song.

This is very strange.

Because Kanye West is American.

He cannot speak Chinese.

But in the video, he sings very well.

His mouth moves correctly too.

This is what the computer made.

There is another example.

Do everyone know Jackie Chan and Jet Li?

They are very famous Chinese movie stars.

Someone used a computer to make a video of them fighting.

This looks like an old movie from before.

But this is not real either.

This was thought up by the computer.

Someone also used the computer to make American movie stars.

For example, Brad Pitt.

In the video, he is fighting.

You look at his face, it really is him.

You look at his clothes, they also look very real.

This is the ability of this new software.

Anyone can make movies like this.

You don't need to be a filmmaker.

You also don't need to have a lot of money.

Because this software currently costs no money.

Or it only costs very little money.

For many ordinary people, this is a good thing.

We can make many interesting things.

We can make our own movies.

This is really fun.

However, not everyone is happy.

This matter makes some people very angry.

Who is angry?

It is the American movie companies.

For example, the Disney company that everyone knows.

And the Paramount company.

These big companies are very unhappy.

Why?

Because they feel this software stole their things.

Think about it, how does the computer know how to make movies?

The computer must learn first.

The computer watched many, many movies.

Whose movies are these?

These movies belong to Disney.

They belong to those big companies.

The computer watched their movies and learned how to do it.

Then, the computer made new things.

But, the company that made this software did not give the big companies money.

So, American movie companies feel this is not right.

They say, you cannot use our movies to teach your computer.

If everyone uses computers to make movies, who will still go to the movie theater?

This is a big problem.

There is another problem about people.

It is about those famous stars.

For example, Tom Cruise.

His face is very valuable.

If I want to hire him to make a movie, I have to give him a lot of money.

But now, I use this software, and I can make his movie.

I don't need to give him money.

He speaks and does things in the video.

But none of this is what he wants to do himself.

This is what I made him do.

Is this fair to him?

If you were a star, you might also be unhappy.

Because someone used your face to do some strange things.

Maybe he said some bad words in the video.

But everyone thinks it was you who said it.

This will cause you a lot of trouble.

So, now there are many arguments.

On one side are the people who think it is fun.

Everyone feels this is a new technology.

This makes making things very easy.

This is a good thing.

Everyone is very excited.

Everyone is downloading this software.

Everyone is making all kinds of videos.

But on the other side, are the movie companies and stars.

They feel this is not right.

They want the law to protect them.

They say, this is our stuff, you cannot use it casually.

This is just like if you painted a picture.

Someone took your picture to learn how to paint.

Then he painted many pictures that were the same.

But he didn't tell you.

Do you think this is okay?

This is a very difficult question to answer.

Right now, the law is not ready yet.

Because technology develops too fast.

Last year's computers were not this smart yet.

This year's computers can already make movies.

We don't know what next year will be like.

Maybe next year, computers can make longer movies.

Maybe we can see brand new movie stars.

They are not real people.

They are all made by computers.

This is really interesting, and also worrying.

What we just talked about is actually about the software "Seedance 2.0".

This is called artificial intelligence video technology.

It allows us to make videos very easily.

But it also brings many problems regarding "copyright".

Copyright means whose thing this is.

Now, Chinese and American companies are discussing this problem.

Filmmakers are very worried.

Tech people are very happy.

This is how it is now.

We don't know what will happen in the end.

But we can see that the world changes very fast.

We need to be ready to learn new things.

Maybe one day, you can also use a computer to make a big movie.

That must be very interesting.