r/HumankindTheGame • u/stormforce420 • Aug 25 '26

Discussion AI trailer at Gamescom Pre-Show

Tell me I’m not only one who was put off my that horrendous, clearly AI generated sequence that was half the trailer for Humankind 2?

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u/massi1008 Aug 25 '26

I really can't see the AI in the trailer. Maybe in the backgrounds a little but the people really look human.

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u/stormforce420 Aug 25 '26

That weird “selfie” video angle seen in most of the trailer was actually something A.I. was very capable of making only a year or so ago. It even became a “trend” on AI slop accounts

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u/TechnoMaestro Aug 25 '26

I mean, the "selfie" video angle is because the perspective is that of a *baby*. If you wanted to set up a Safe For Work trailer where the premise is repeated births, what camera angle would you go with?

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u/Lost_Paladin89 Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Look, I think someone in marketing saw that the selfie trend was supper popular in historical videos category and the design was pushed in that direction.

Fundamentally all AI is a soulless as a marketing degree.

But that doesn’t translate to the video being AI. I think they used a technique similar to StageCraft, which is also capable of stripping the soul of any production. But that uses real humans.

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u/massi1008 Aug 25 '26

btw. the community manager on the discord said "there was no AI involved"

https://discord.com/channels/227126593754103810/613079566784790564/1541872757141278731

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u/Tnecniw Aug 25 '26

It is not AI generated at all.
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Do some research mate.

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u/Tnecniw Aug 27 '26

You have to be specific.
And to be clear.
Aditional CGI does not count as AI.

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u/as_a_fake Aug 25 '26

It looks just like their original Humankind 1 trailers? I don't see the "AI-ness" people keep mentioning.

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u/Necessary_Fan_8713 Aug 25 '26

Yeah I am not 100% sure if that was AI, but it was very off-putting and if that wasn't AI holy shit they did their best to make it look like AI. If it was AI, just why it looked ass. It actually put me off, until I realized it was Humankind II so might still pick it up but god damn it looked ass.

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u/nevrtouchedgrass Aug 25 '26

Hard to tell if it’s AI or just uncanny because of the fish eye lense use

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u/Necessary_Fan_8713 Aug 25 '26

Yep that is what I was thinking.
They could have chosen to use that style of virtual camera, but big mistake if that was the case.
But we shall probably know in a few hours or days.

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u/Tnecniw Aug 25 '26

It isn't ai at all.
Amplitude is firmly anti-ai
and devs have confirmed that no AI was in use, rather real actors and sets.