AI photo restoration technology has become outdated, humans imitating AI is the new trend

The application of artificial intelligence technology in the field of old photo restoration has evoked widespread emotional resonance, with Kuaishou's Keling model being particularly popular. This innovative technology not only allows people to recreate precious historical moments but also awakens fond memories of the past, quickly becoming a hit on social media.

#AI restoration of old photos - is this grandfather going viral? Initially, a blogger shared an AI video they created, bringing old photos back to "life". With warm music playing, it feels like returning to the innocent and happy times of childhood.

Seeing this effect, netizens rushed to share their cherished photos and ask for them to be "generated". Some hoped to see their deceased mothers again; some shared their only photo with their grandmother, saying "I really miss her"; others wanted to make a video of their grandmother to comfort their father...

It truly reflects the old saying: ### "Memories are currently the only way for humans to travel through time and space."

While Science Kid was still wiping away tears, creative netizens had already taken it to the next level. Some made videos of themselves hugging their childhood selves across time, telling themselves "you've worked hard".

Other netizens started getting abstract under the guise of AI videos:

  • A cucumber meant to be eaten while dieting "AI generated" into delicious Xinjiang fried rice noodles.
  • A regular photo "AI generated" into throwing slippers at friends.

Netizens had spicy comments on this:

"Using AI as an excuse to indulge in quirks?" "You know in your heart whether it's really AI or not" "Humans have managed to develop such a niche track"

AI: I've never felt so wronged in my life, I'll behave, please let me go!

Actually, these memes and animated old photos are all created by Kuaishou's newly released Keling large model. At the end of last month, Kuaishou released the Keling model, opening up video generation capabilities. It's currently in internal testing.

Where there's demand, there's a market. Many self-media bloggers directly changed their account names to "Animate Old Photos" "AI Restore Old Photos" etc., and some even livestream the AI video creation process, directly converting users from search.

One self-media blogger shared that they earned over 1,600 yuan in just four days from taking orders!

Seeing everyone showcasing their results, Science Kid got super excited! Decided to randomly select a lucky blogger to try it out~

Science Kid immediately contacted a blogger with about 10,000 followers...

What?! 30 yuan!!! For a 5-second video?!

Isn't this clearly "middlemen profiting"? Science Kid couldn't stand it! Went straight to the "source" - Keling.

Without hesitation, decided to do it himself!

Open the Keling official website (https://klingai.kuaishou.com/), or the Kuaiying App; log in, click [AI Video], apply for internal testing;

Science Kid's friendly reminder: Currently, Keling's entire AI video generation feature is free for a limited time, but the daily quota is only about 3 times, so everyone should cherish the opportunity~

After entering, we click [Image to Video], upload the photo we want to create. After uploading, enter the desired actions in [Image Creative Description]. Then, patiently wait for our finished video~

...Huh? Teacher, why does our Zihan look not so smart?

(Self-reflection) Maybe the creative description was still too complex? This time Science Kid left it blank, letting AI do its thing

Oh? Finally got it right~ Science Kid also tried a photo with multiple people.

Hmm... AI's understanding of multiple people is okay, at least there were no flying facial features. But... where are you flying to, friend??!!!

Obviously, AI still has trouble "understanding human language" and interpreting action descriptions.

But these small flaws can't stop netizens' enthusiasm. Currently, curious netizens are crowding Keling's application window. (With nearly a million applications, Keling, you've really blown up...)

Keling's explosion in popularity once again proves a point: ### Creating memes is the traffic secret for AI products!

Do you science friends remember the last AI product that blew up? It was Dream Machine, a product made by an American tech startup called Luma AI.

At that time, Luma AI's function was also [Image to Video], and it blazed its own trail by "continuing" memes.

Remember this mistake all men make? After Luma AI's creation, we finally know how the story ends

By the way, for the same old photo, this is what Luma AI generates: