Hyperrealistic AI-generated street clip shows how hard fakes are to spot now
Dayna6380- · reddit · 2026-10-26
A Reddit post titled "Outstanding" shares a TikTok clip from @powerisfire, marked "AI-generated" in the corner: a close-up of a photorealistic man in a suit inside a cluttered shop, with lighting, skin and wardrobe detail convincing enough to pass as live-action footage at first glance.
The clip is another data point on how close video generation models have gotten to lifelike human footage—and why labeling and spotting AI video is getting harder.
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