Oliver Graves

AI short film: beta

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

Yesterday I streamed a first recorded ascent in Antarctica - afaik this is the first live broadcast in history to do so

Wesley Bunch, Brendan O’Ciobhain and I summited ‘Point 1468’ from the South ridge in the Donald range, Antarctica

Streamed via @Starlink Mini

OP on my IG

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

@aporia9n https://t.co/R6Vba76Lva

[Johnn @john_my07]

Seedance 2.0 on OpenArt AI

Prompt:
Main subject: young Korean woman, early 20s, natural everyday appearance, faded charcoal-grey sleeveless crop top, loose high-waisted light-wash jeans, black canvas sneakers, black cord necklace, black wavy hair in a messy side ponytail with wispy bangs. Realistic skin texture, minimal makeup, warm and approachable personality. Maintain consistent identity, clothing, hairstyle, and appearance throughout the entire video.
Location: Authentic Korean residential neighborhood during a calm late morning. Narrow concrete alleys, low-rise homes, small terraces, potted plants, laundry lines, bicycles, utility poles, overhead wires, mature trees casting moving shadows, quiet residential atmosphere. No stores, advertisements, cafés, crowds, or commercial activity.
Visual Style: Ultra-realistic documentary realism. Genuine candid behavior. Natural body language. Unscripted slice-of-life feeling. Strong environmental authenticity. Rich real-world details and believable human motion.
Camera Style: Early-2000s consumer DV camcorder aesthetic. Friend casually recording everyday moments. Heavy handheld shake, imperfect framing, frequent autofocus hunting, lens breathing, exposure pumping when moving between sun and shade, occasional motion blur, subtle rolling shutter, mild digital compression artifacts, faded colors, soft contrast, slight sensor noise. No stabilization. No cinematic camera moves. No modern color grading.
00:00–00:02
Outside a small house entrance. She sits on a low concrete wall adjusting her ponytail with both hands raised. A light breeze moves loose strands of hair. She smiles naturally while the camera struggles to hold focus.
00:02–00:04
The camera follows her into a narrow alley lined with potted plants and concrete walls. She notices a stray cat approaching and crouches down. Framing drifts off-center as the operator tries to keep up.
00:04–00:06
She gently pets and feeds the cat. Autofocus repeatedly shifts between her face and the animal. Morning sunlight flickers through leaves overhead.
00:06–00:08
Small front yard beside her house. She hangs laundry on a clothesline while fabrics sway in the breeze. Exposure changes as clouds briefly pass overhead.
00:08–00:10
On a quiet terrace with a ceramic coffee cup. She sits comfortably watching the neighborhood, occasionally brushing hair behind her ear. Loose handheld side angle with natural camera drift.
00:10–00:12
Close side profile. Someone off-camera greets her. She turns, raises her hand, smiles warmly, and casually says, “Annyeong.” The camera catches the moment slightly late.
00:12–00:15
Walking slowly down a tree-lined residential lane holding her coffee cup. She notices the camera, gives a small genuine smile, then looks away and continues walking. Recording cuts abruptly to black mid-motion as if the camcorder was switched off.

Audio: Natural ambient sound only — morning birds, distant motorcycles, light wind, leaves rustling, faint neighborhood chatter, cat sounds, footsteps on concrete, fabric moving on clotheslines, subtle residential ambience. No music. No sound design. No narration.

Goal: Authentic Korean neighborhood life captured like a forgotten home video from the early 2000s — candid, imperfect, realistic, warm, and deeply believable.

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

@capybaroness 🤞

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

@drewcoffman You’ve read Nueromancer I take it?

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer https://t.co/0pNNvS0ois

[NCSC UK @NCSC]

With our Five Eyes partners, we have published a joint statement warning organisations they have months - not years - to protect their systems from the accelerating cyber threat driven by frontier AI.🧵

To read the full statement⬇️
https://t.co/bxh0W4smpM

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

@Brolio69 Wanna bet?

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

Incredible

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Count Binface is interviewed live on Sky News by Jon Craig

[shira @shiraeis]

who knew takeoff would be fun

[Hollywood Gadfly @Filmgadfly]

Hollywood’s favorite story: the broke outsider who self-financed an $80k movie on credit cards.

The receipts: a ~$1M elite education, $330k+ in grants on her prior film, and a father - a Chinese real-estate and equity investor - credited as an executive producer.

I call it “poorface.” New piece: https://t.co/VTC1Twrpgj

[Michael Black @Michael_J_Black]

I’ve been capturing 3D human motion for 30 years and today is maybe the biggest day in that history. We are presenting MAMMA at CVPR (oral session 2A). MAMMA is a markerless multi-camera system that has accuracy similar to marker-based systems.

[Dagan Shani @daganshani1]

This doc is 3 years old. Back when I made it, I couldn't have imagined that so many high-profile people would be sounding the alarm about AI x-risk, as they are today.
We've made enormous progress in awareness.
In risk mitigation, though, we're pretty much where we started.

[Variety @Variety]

Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Editor, Dies at 80 https://t.co/xCSAMODhGK

[Connor Leahy @NPCollapse]

Right now, 20 British MPs are deciding which bills they'll introduce to Parliament.

Sir Stephen Fry just asked them to bring forward our bill to ban superintelligence!

Grateful to receive this strong endorsement from such a respected figure.

"Let the right thing be done."

[Harlan Stewart @HumanHarlan]

@DavidSacks Six months ago (the last time a journalist actually pressed him on it afaik), Altman said he still thinks superintelligent AI is the "greatest threat to the continued existence of humanity." But great to hear he thinks the jobs will be ok

https://t.co/mqBTGgBP9U

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

@Aella_Girl A term like ‘genetic sponsors’ coming to be is pretty fucked huh?

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

@jessiblady @clubnolan Do you have a link to the ep?

[roon @tszzl]

@unmodeledtyler lying is worse than scaring

[Oliver Graves @oliver_graves]

@YIMBYLAND Uhhh what?