I don't think it can continue the no-interaction line too far. This may be enough for movie-making purposes though.

Removed brain cancer from xray films

Enjoying 5 seasons of chemistry lessons

No, I get it, and the benefits of putting what would have required a professional VFX team at (eventually) the fingertips of every amateur filmmaker are amazing.

It’s also alarming what’s possible when reassembling photons en masse becomes commoditized.

The act of editing existing footage to mask reality with non-reality is just that—the action of making something real less real. It can be used for filmmaking (and obviously often is), but it can be used for anything else too.

The issue is how easily these tools can (and will) enable the worst faith actors and actions. It's not controversial (or shocking) to think the current situation for deep-fakes or deceptive edits is historically awful. It's equally reasonable to think these tools are going to do less good for VFX houses in Hollywood, and more evil in authoritarian regimes or chaotic social media networks. You're right that the Overton window has moved—but we ought to blame a White House that disseminates deepfakes, not commenters on HackerNews.

Tools aren't just tools, nothing exists in a vacuum. A plane is a useful means of transportation, but that doesn't mean everyone should be rushing into the cockpit. It's pretty plain to me how a tool that streamlines doctoring footage to such a useful (and deceptive) degree is just a recipe for disaster. Considering the benefit to society is...slightly eased CGI work (?), I'll easily label this a net-negative for us all.

To be honest, if that's what we see in open access, then there must already be something in existence that is closed. I don't want to create another conspiracy theory - I just want to point out the theoretical possibility - but if it was created, it has probably already been tested and possibly even used widely. So, in conclusion, if a government or agency wanted to use that technique for censorship, they would most likely already have tried it.

It's kind of late to ring the bells once the city walls have been taken. In other (shorter) words, if someone wanted to use this for censorship, they would already have tried it, so... it's either too late or too early; although being interesting (but not good or fun) probability, it's probability only.

...I hope one day everyone, just everyone will finally learn that most of the technologies are not evil or good, they're neutral, they're just tools. And most (no, not all) of them were also created with good intentions.

Given the current situation in the world why do you not think about technology can be misused, especially if it’s VFX.

I guess I have seen more AI generated spam ads than content created for the intended purpose.

But wouldn't using this for eg. removing a support wire result in it making Superman fall down?

Yes but imagine how bad Stalin’s reign of terror would have been with modern cinematographic techniques.

You'll really hate this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Fhb7JW93U

Also lets them quickly censor things the West doesn’t like, as a client state of particular nations in the Middle East

VPN sometime if you have doubts about that in western media, including US

Why China?

I see this being used in many countries, especially in the West.

We've crashed head straight into a dystopian future. But worry not! The crash can be edited out of reality.

Removing film crew, boom mics, and missed props from a scene would surely be useful to studios. It may even enable some shots that previously would have been impossible due to the positioning of cameras, etc.

ultimately we could get 4K remasters of old movies/shows where it's currently not worth redoing the FX

I can see this being one of many AI tools for video editors. Combined with a handful of other tricks an SFX shop should have a tremendously higher productivity.