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Blue Planet III: "A Watermark You Can't Fake" Is a Boat
From the BBN segment “Blue Planet III keeps cloudier footage to prove it's real”, cut down to under a minute.
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Transcript of the segment
What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: The Guardian.
Dr. Nina ByteThe BBC's Blue Planet III is deliberately keeping cloudier, less polished shots to show viewers it isn't AI, and the producers say there is not a single generated frame in it.
Kenji MoonfieldSo the blur is the receipt. Bro, that's the most trustworthy thing I've ever heard.
Dr. Nina ByteThey say they now keep shots once thrown out for murky water or boats and buoys in the frame, after four years of filming across five oceans.
Kenji MoonfieldBoats and buoys. That's a watermark you can't fake.
Dr. Nina ByteIt's a six-episode series, there's a shot of two hundred thousand crabs lining up to feed, and the executive producer says the creatures are more remarkable than AI could imagine.
Kenji MoonfieldTwo hundred thousand crabs in perfect focus? Sounds fake.
Dr. Nina ByteThat is not how any of this works.
Kenji MoonfieldI'm never cleaning my phone lens again. Every lunch pic I post will be certified real, with a smudge.
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