Recently, "AI" machine-learning technologies have been creeping their way into artistic fields in both entertaining and harmful ways. While some AI content creators are just making videos for harmless fun, others, like the creators of a recent AI-generated anime short, wrongfully believe they've democratized the animation industry when they've really just come up with a more technologically demanding method of plagiarizing other artists. Earlier this week, Corridor Digital, a Los Angeles-based production studio that creates pop culture YouTube videos, uploaded a video called "Anime Rock, Paper, Scissors." Written and directed by Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski, it revolves around two twins vying for the throne left vacant by their recently deceased father. By leveraging the machine-learning text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, Corridor Digital gave camera footage filmed in front of a green screen a dramatic anime-like appearance.

Boston Dynamics creates some of the most incredible robots on the planet. From the company's back-flipping biped to the four-legged dog-bot that Jeff Bezos hangs out with, you've probably seen videos of its robots completing feats of agility under extraordinary circumstances. But what happens when a robot gets sick and tired of being kicked, pushed, and forced to work under extreme conditions in the name of robustness testing? As you may have guessed, the "Bosstown Dynamics" video is a parody. It was made by a VFX crew called Corridor Digital with a knack for making funny videos featuring really cool special effects.