Hendrickson: AI is close to passing the Turing test for video
Taylor Hendrickson · Episode 835 | The Right Way to Use AI in Your Startup Marketing · Jun 2, 2026 · at 8:16
Marketer Taylor Hendrickson evaluates the current realism and rapid progress of AI-generated video on Startups for the Rest of Us.
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“So I think we're pretty close to passing the touring test from video. Like you could still tell AI video for the most part, but a couple of times I've been kind of like, wait, that definitely fooled me on it, which is interesting.”
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