--- title: "Will Smith Posts Bizarre New AI-Generated Concert Video" description: "There's publicity stunts, and then there's... whatever Will Smith is doing, now that he has twice posted AI concert footage in as many weeks." date: "2025-09-02" modified: "2025-09-02" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/will-smith-ai-concert-response" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "ai art" - "ai images" - "ai video" - "will smith" --- # Will Smith Posts Bizarre New AI-Generated Concert Video ![There's publicity stunts, and then there's... whatever Will Smith is doing, now that he has twice posted AI concert footage in as many weeks.]() *\Image: Will Smith / Futurism\* Last week, "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Will Smith — himself the [victim]() of a [gross AI meme]() about slurping spaghetti — showed the world that he's not so fresh anymore when his team used AI to add rapturous fans to concert footage of his "Based on a True Story" comeback tour. Online observers quickly noticed that the AI had gone haywire, adding [demonic-looking fans]() with garbled signs praising the 56-year-old rapper-actor that stood in clear contrast to the wilted-looking crowd visible in [actual video of the tour](). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-4De-zNTT4 Neither Smith nor his representatives seem to have provided any sort of response to the widespread allegations of AI use. But now the "Wild Wild West" star has posted a new video, and if there was any doubt that the last video was souped up with AI, this one should put that speculation to bed. Why? Because in the new video, which was posted to [Smith's Instagram account](), the onetime man of the [Willennium]() bounces around hued stage — before the camera pans over to the crowd, who are a bunch of AI-distorted cats. https://youtube.com/shorts/6c0_pCQnqV4?si=vdQG5egUw48CXeab Beyond the fact that it's obviously AI, this latest video does seem to confirm that Smith is, at very least, working with an AI illustrator. On IG, the [slap-happy rapper]() co-posted the bizarre feline frenzy with Hawaii-based AI artist [Tyler Bernabe](), better known as his handle. Screenshots of articles about the latest Smith AI scandal are posted on the [hypebeast-y creative's X]() and [LinkedIn pages](), and in an Instagram story he posted another from [*People* magazine]() — which credited him by name in its cover image — with a cat emoji. "Hey mom, I made it into *Complex*," Bernabe posted, with yet another feline emoji. https://www.twitter.com/jboogx_creative/status/1962301127887855956 In recent months, we've seen a turn from [actors]() and [musicians]() [calling out AI]() for its potential to replace them to others rushing to post the [lowest-quality]() versions of [AI slop](). Hopefully, some sort of middle ground can be found — one maybe one that doesn't include creepy dancing cats. **More on AI "art":** [*Gooners Say Their Brains Are Becoming Hopelessly Hijacked by AI Smut*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()