Four Years of Text-to-Video: From Phenaki's Low-Res GIFs to Today's Quality Leap

RubenEVillegas · x · 2026-10-07

RubenEVillegas looks back at four years of text-to-video progress, contrasting Phenaki's low-resolution GIF from four years ago with today's high-quality generated video. Babaeizadeh, resharing, argues the field is nowhere near its ceiling and what comes next will "melt minds."

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