India, July 17 -- A woman places a cake on a dining table cluttered with water bottles and cutlery. Children standing around the table start clapping their hands as a man appears to blow the candles on the cake. This video of a birthday party looks like it could have been filmed at any middle-class Indian household - but it was actually generated using artificial intelligence.

Shared by Justine Moore, a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, the video is a testament to how far generative AI has come in a span of two years.

Gone is the glossy finish that one has come to associate with AI-generated visuals, the crispy "cinematic" output that instantly gives away an AI video. This clip of an AI Indian family makes it clea...