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The Will Smith Eating Spaghetti test is an informal
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within the
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community, used to assess the capabilities of generative video models in rendering realistic human actions and
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. Originating from a widely shared AI generated video in 2023, which depicted an unnaturally animated render of actor
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eating
spaghetti Spaghetti () is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta.spaghetti
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, the test has since been used as an informal reference point to demonstrate the capabilities and limitations of AI-generated video content.


Origin

On March 23, 2023,
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user "chaindrop" shared an AI-generated video titled "Will Smith eating spaghetti" on the
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r/StableDiffusion, created using ModelScope's text-to-video tool. The clip depicted a distorted and surreal version of actor Will Smith eating spaghetti. The video quickly gained attention for its uncanny visuals, with Smith's facial features morphing unpredictably and his eating motions appearing unnatural. The unsettling nature of the video led to widespread sharing and discussions across social media platforms.


Spread

The original video went viral and prompted a number of parodies and reinterpretations by
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s. In February 2024, Will Smith himself joined the trend by posting a parody video on Instagram, mimicking the AI-generated clip and captioning it, "This is getting out of hand!".


Use as a benchmark

The prompt has evolved into a litmus test for evaluating the realism and
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of AI-generated videos. As
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advanced, developers and other users use the test to identify improvements. In May 2025, Google's
Veo 3 Veo is a text-to-video model developed by Google DeepMind and announced in May 2024. As a generative AI model, it creates videos based on user prompts. Veo 3, released in May 2025, can also generate accompanying audio. Development In May 2024, ...
, an AI video generation tool, produced a rendition of the test that showcased significant enhancements in facial accuracy, motion fluidity, and audio
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. According to
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, Veo 3 passed the "Will Smith Eating Spaghetti" test. Despite the improvements, viewers observed minor inconsistencies, such as unusually crunchy sound effects accompanying the spaghetti consumption.


See also

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AI slop "AI slop", often simply "slop", is a term for low-quality media, including writing and images, made using generative artificial intelligence technology, characterized by an inherent lack of effort, logic, or purpose. Coined in the 2020s, the ter ...
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Deepfake ''Deepfakes'' (a portmanteau of and ) are images, videos, or audio that have been edited or generated using artificial intelligence, AI-based tools or AV editing software. They may depict real or fictional people and are considered a form of ...
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Synthetic Media Synthetic media (also known as AI-generated media, media produced by generative AI, personalized media, personalized content, and colloquially as deepfakes) is a catch-all term for the artificial production, manipulation, and modification of dat ...
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Human image synthesis Human image synthesis is technology that can be applied to make believable and even photorealistic renditions of human-likenesses, moving or still. It has effectively existed since the early 2000s. Many films using computer generated imagery ha ...
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Generative Adversarial Networks A generative adversarial network (GAN) is a class of machine learning frameworks and a prominent framework for approaching generative artificial intelligence. The concept was initially developed by Ian Goodfellow and his colleagues in June ...


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