Mu popped up on my timeline again last week when he released a sequel, this time imitating videos created by Sora, OpenAI’s latest genAI tool. His new video is much more subtle but still manages to nail that unexplainably unsettling feeling that has endured even as AI videos become more advanced.

If you remember this video of Chinese guys mimicking AI, then I've got a treat for you: I just talked to its creator, a 29-year-old actor in Hangzhou named Mu Tianran 穆天然, about how he captures AI slop's essensse so well, and why Sora 2 made him worry about his job.
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And check out the other humanoid contestants here (Most videos in this thread are from Xiaohongshu)

Tiangong Ultra, developed by Chinese company UBTech & the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, finished the race in 2h 40m—the only robot that finished before the human cutoff time. It changed the battery 3 times and fell once, but was the only participant that didn't switch a new robot in.

And the biggest disaster imo was this robot called Shennong, which has a Gundam head, four drone propellers, and sits on eight wheels (not clear how that alone wasn’t disqualifying). It immediately twirled in two circles after taking off, hit the wall, and dragged down its human operators with it.

The above mentioned robot: Xuanfeng Xiaozi, made by the Chinese company Noetix Robotics. (video from Beijing Daily)