Using AI to Animate Old Family Photos?
I Used AI to Animate Old Family Photos. One Was Creepy, but the Other Was Heartwarming - CNET
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ai-animate-old-family-photos/
Can memories be memorialized forever with AI? Or is there something uncanny about feeding childhood pictures to the machine?
Filed September 18, 2026 at 5:46 am
The author asks, "Can memories be memorialized forever with AI? Or is there something uncanny about feeding childhood pictures to the machine?"
First, if AI animates an old photo, the result is not a memory. The result is an event that never happened. Full stop.
Second, it can still be heartwarming. Though my experience says it is more often just weird. Just don't call it a memory.