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Re:Show HN: Time Portal – Get dropped into history, guess wh... by skort on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @07:57PM (#43348977)
Interesting concept, but the use of AI art is personally extremely off-putting.

Maybe it works for people who like having everything filtered through a modern cinematic cgi filter. In this case, sure, it is a neat tool for seeing how a hollywood studio might have imagined events of the past to look like. At least you admit upfront here that they are "fantastical imaginations" of historical events, but maybe you should clarify that on the website too.

I've always found it better to hear from actual historians, or better yet, dive into the source material when learning about events of the past. This takes some actual work and requires doing good research. It would be nice if AI could help those folks do their jobs more easily instead of being used to generate more fake looking slop.

Re:Show HN: Time Portal – Get dropped into history, guess wh... by samplank2 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @08:21PM (#43349155)
I understand if you don't like AI art. If Time Portal inspires anyone to learn more about history, I will be happy.
Re:Show HN: Time Portal – Get dropped into history, guess wh... by doublejallday on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @10:32PM (#43349854)
"At least you admit upfront here that they are "fantastical imaginations" of historical events, but maybe you should clarify that on the website too." <<<<< Which imbecile will think otherwise? "Look ma, gippoes had cameras back them and recorded cool videos"!

"I've always found it better to hear from actual historians, or better yet, dive into the source material when learning about events of the past" <<<<< Get over yourself!

Re:Show HN: Time Portal – Get dropped into history, guess wh... by Kiro on Thursday March 13, 2025 @01:48AM (#43350679)
I don't think this would be interesting without the AI art so big disagree. First good use of AI video I've seen.
Re:Show HN: Time Portal – Get dropped into history, guess wh... by serp002 on Friday March 14, 2025 @12:02AM (#43359478)
Of course its better to hear from actual historians/look into it yourself, but this is a super cool way to at least learn a little bit about history while also being a fun game.

If people dont want to spend time deep-diving history but are still interested I think this is an absolutely awesome way to start/learn. I would just suggest adding more ways to learn about the event itself with links to source material/wikipedia etc.