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by cobbal 731 days ago
The more complicated the codec, the more fascinating the failure modes. I love watching a digital TV with a bad signal, because the motion tracking in the codec causes people to wear previous, glitched frames as a skin while they move.
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Good observation, and probably part of what makes "glitchy" AI generated video so captivating to watch.
Look up datamoshing on youtube