Show Your WorkArtificial Intelligence
How we tested and evaluated AI-generated dance videos
None of the videos produced by the leading AI platforms showed the actual dances we requested.
Soo Oh
Deputy Managing Editor • she/her
Soo Oh is a deputy managing editor at CalMatters and The Markup. Prior to that, she was the data editor at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. She has reported stories, analyzed data, coded interactive visuals, and built internal tools at the Center for Investigative Reporting, The Wall Street Journal, Vox.com, the Los Angeles Times, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2018, she was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, where she researched how to better manage and support journalists with technical skills.
(Photograph by Cristian Gonzalez.)
Artificial Intelligence
Our video tests prove generative AI still sucks at dancing. See for yourself
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Privacy
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