# Pigeons Arguing

- Date: 2026-05-08
- Type: film
- Credit: Marko Slavnic
- Genre: Comedy, Animation
- Artists: [Marko Slavnic](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/marko-slavnic)
- Made with: Runway
- Post: https://x.com/Markoslavnic/status/2052797538885902418
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/two-pigeons-slavnic

Two pigeons stand on a rooftop arguing over what an odd remote control device actually is, voice acting and all. Marko Slavnic makes the clip in Runway in a few hours from a handful of generations, posts it to X, and within days it's at 6.5 million views with people comparing it to Disney-level animation. Paige Bailey calls it "absolutely incredible" and says it "legitimately looks like a clip from a massive studio production."

It also instantly polarizes — artist Twitter pushes back hard on the training-data ethics behind tools that can produce something this good this fast. The Pigeons Arguing moment becomes the spring 2026 distillation of the entire AI-vs-craft debate, all of it carried by one creator, one X post, and two funny birds.

Links:
- Original Post: https://x.com/Markoslavnic/status/2052797538885902418
- Paige Bailey Reaction: https://x.com/DynamicWebPaige/status/2053904945800503516

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/two-pigeons-slavnic
Era: 2026 · The Shakeout
Last updated: 2026-10-14