[schaefer]

The title seems poorly worded.

Using AI to transform anyone into a professional dancer might include using AI to process live video (webcam) of someone dancing and then giving them some feedback for improvement. In a word: coaching.

However this is using AI to produce composite videos of people dancing.

[cowpewter]

We actually kinda already have the first, in the form of the Dance Central games for the Kinect. You dance, the software detects which of your limbs aren't moving the right way, and it display visual feedback (highlighting the limb in red, reducing your score, etc) to show you what you're doing wrong, so you can perform the dance more correctly next time.

It's not good enough to produce professional dancers, but it has definitely improved my dancing as someone who just dances for fun.

[monsieurbanana]

For what it's worth, I got the correct meaning from the title. An AI coach makes sense, but for dance? Seems weirdly specific.

Meanwhile composite videos really blend in with all the augmented reality phone apps that teenagers use nowadays.

I'm half surprised there isn't already something like this for smartphones (with inferior quality).

[ajmurmann]

Having just watched the movie Upgrade I had something very different (and scarier) in my head...

[deegles]

An AI dance coach-as-a-service would be amazing and have a real impact!