About whether generative AI can produce consistent movie-quality video of 3D worlds.
Has this happened?
Yes 52 (45%)Not sure 18 (16%)No 45 (39%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether generative AI can produce consistent movie-quality video of 3D worlds.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Because it just can't. And it won't. It can't even reliably produce consistent shadows in a still image, so when we talk video with a moving camera, all bets are off. To create flawless movie simulations through a dynamic and rich 3D world, requires an ability of internally represent that scene with a level of accuracy which is beyond what we can hope generative models to achieve, even with the gargantuan amount of GPU-power behind ChatGPT, for example. ChatGPT, may I remind you, can't even properly simulate large-ish multiplications. I think you may need to slightly recalibrate your expectations for generative tech here.