<div id="readability-page-1"><figure> <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WnjLDK4d6KqQ-XP3YhCL7H5X0I4=/214x0:2458x1496/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73801177/tcl_ai_the_audition.0.png?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="1310" height="873" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WnjLDK4d6KqQ-XP3YhCL7H5X0I4=/214x0:2458x1496/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73801177/tcl_ai_the_audition.0.png"/> <figcaption>A screenshot from TCL’s The Audition. | Screenshot: TCLtv Plus</figcaption> </figure> Earlier this year, TCL released a trailer for Next Stop Paris — an AI-animated short film that seems like a Lifetime movie on steroids. The trailer had all the hallmarks of AI: characters that don’t move their mouths when they talk, lifeless expressions, and weird animation that makes it look like scenes are constantly vibrating. I thought this might be the extent of TCL’s experimentation with AI films, given the healthy dose of criticism it received online. But boy, was I wrong. TCL debuted five new AI-generated short films that are also destined for its TCLtv Plus free streaming platform, and after the Next Stop Paris debacle, I just had to see what else it cooked up. Though the new films do look a little better than Next Stop Paris, they serve as yet another reminder that AI-generated videos aren’t quite there yet, something we’ve seen with many of the video generation tools cropping up, like OpenAI’s Sora. But in TCL’s case, it’s not just the AI that makes these films bad. Here are all five of them, ranked from tolerable (5) to “I wish I could unsee this” (1). <h2 id="e7o4lc">5. Sun Day</h2> This futuristic short film basically has the same concept as Ray Bradbury’s short story “All Summer in... Read the full story at The Verge.</div>

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TCL 為其 TCLtv Plus 平台推出了五部新的 AI 生成短片，此前其電影《下一站，巴黎》反響不一。雖然新片在動畫質量上有所改善，但仍然突顯了 AI 生成內容的侷限性。這些影片的評價從可接受到令人失望不等，表明 AI 技術在電影製作方面仍在不斷發展中

TCL’s new AI short films range from bad comedy to existential horror