I’ve been watching the conversation around Seedance 2.0’s Matrix recreation unfold online, and I’ll admit – this one’s got me thinking. For the first time in a while, I’m genuinely caught between being impressed and slightly unsettled by how far AI video generation has come.

The demo shows Neo fighting Agent Smith in what’s essentially an AI-generated action sequence, and it’s… good. Actually, scratch that – it’s surprisingly good. The physics feel right, the choreography flows, and the whole thing maintains a level of consistency that would’ve seemed impossible just a year ago. Someone pointed out that the sunglasses help mask the eye rendering issues that usually plague these systems, which is a clever observation. But there’s more to it than just hiding the weak spots.