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# Will Smith Eating Spaghetti AI Video - (2023 vs 2024)

Just A Happy Troll, 28 February 2024, YouTube. 2,663,581 views as of 9 October 2026.
Kind: Made by AI.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWe5k4fFWE

## Why it is here

'Will Smith Eating Spaghetti AI Video (2023 vs 2024)' posted 2024-02-28, the month Sora was unveiled and Will Smith posted his own real-life parody of the meme. About 2.7M views. Year-over-year spaghetti comparisons became a recurring format.

_Verified 2026-09-29 from the YouTube watch page (title, channel, publish date 2024-02-28, length 0:57, 2,659,738 views at check time, a Short) and YouTube oEmbed._

## Description (written by Gemini from the video)

**Summary**  
Uploaded by the channel "Just A Happy Troll," this video contrasts the viral early-2023 AI-generated footage of Will Smith eating spaghetti with the 2024 follow-up meme where the real Will Smith filmed a live-action parody of the AI clips. It highlights the rapid cultural evolution of the "Will Smith eating spaghetti" benchmark from grotesque early video generation models into mainstream pop-culture self-parody.

**What is shown**  
- [00:01] Introductory title card: "Will Smith Eating Spaghetti AI 2023".
- [00:03 - 00:39] Compilation of early 2023 generative AI video clips showing grotesque, morphing, and distorted depictions of Will Smith shoving spaghetti into his face, bathing in noodles, and morphing into spaghetti and meatballs.
- [00:40] Transition title card: "Will Smith Eating Spaghetti AI 2024".
- [00:42 - 00:57] Real-life footage of Will Smith parodying the AI meme by sloppily gorging on spaghetti, drinking wine, and eating a friend's dreadlocks like noodles while shouting parody dialogue.

**Claims & numbers**  
- None.

**Notable quotes**  
- [00:06] "Hey Uncle Phil, come try this."
- [00:42] "Keep my wife's spaghetti out your f***ing mouth!"
- [00:52] "What the f*** am I doing with my life?"

**Assessment**  
This is a humorous comparison meme video rather than an official product demonstration or benchmark test. The 2023 segment consists of genuine early generative AI video outputs (such as ModelScope text-to-video outputs), while the 2024 segment is actually live-action video filmed by Will Smith poking fun at the AI trend, framed tongue-in-cheek as "2024 AI."

**Lyrics & themes**  
The audio track consists of hip-hop beats layered with AI voice clones and soundbites referencing Will Smith quotes, movie lines, and famous public moments:
- [00:12] "This part of my life is called being stupid."
- [00:19] "The Fresh Spaghetti and Meatballs of Bel-Air."
- [00:32] "Love will make you do crazy things."
- [00:42] "Keep my wife's spaghetti out your f***ing mouth!"

**Lore & references**  
- **Will Smith Eating Spaghetti**: The original March 2023 viral AI meme (initially created via ModelScope / early text-to-video models) that became the unofficial benchmark for early generative video weirdness and temporal incoherence.
- **The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air & Uncle Phil**: Audio references the 1990s sitcom and Will's late co-star James Avery ("Uncle Phil").
- **2022 Oscars Slap**: References the infamous quote "Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth," remixed as "Keep my wife's spaghetti out your f***ing mouth," alongside his Oscar acceptance speech quote ("Love will make you do crazy things").
- **The Pursuit of Happyness**: "This part of my life is called..." parodies the chapter narration style from the 2006 film.

**Visual style & craft**  
The 2023 portion exhibits classic early-2023 diffusion/text-to-video visual artifacts: severe uncanny valley facial distortions, lack of object permanence, spaghetti fusing into skin, extra fingers, and morphing geometry. The 2024 portion is standard high-definition, hand-held smartphone camera footage of the real Will Smith spoofing the frantic movements of the 2023 generation, edited together with text overlays and background music.

_Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-09-29 from the video's audio and frames._

## How AI was used to make it

AI made a substantial part of this video (Generated footage, Voice).
- early text-to-video generation clips of Will Smith eating spaghetti
- AI voice clones layered over the audio track
(Classified by gemini-3.8-flash from our description; high confidence. Overview: https://postcutoff.com/ai-video/)

## Made by AI

- Made with: various (compilation)
- How we know: A compilation contrasting the 2023 AI clip with 2024 material; in Feb 2024 Will Smith himself posted a real parody of the meme.
- Human role: Compilation by the uploader.
- Pipeline: Compilation (2023 AI clip vs 2024 clip)
- Series: Will Smith spaghetti benchmark

## Related

- 2024-02-15: [OpenAI previews Sora, a text-to-video 'world simulator'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2024-02-15-sora/)

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- 2024-04-05: [air head · Made by shy kids with Sora](https://postcutoff.com/v/shy-kids-air-head-sora/), OpenAI, YouTube, made by AI, 248,491 views as of 9 October 2026.
- 2025-02-13: [匚尺丨ㄒㄒ乇尺乙 — REMASTERED with Sora](https://postcutoff.com/v/openai-critterz-remastered-with-sora/), OpenAI, YouTube, made by AI, 143,061 views as of 9 October 2026.

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