most realistic elephant programmed ever

AI must be stopped.

[SirKurt]

"If you don't wanna go for realism, you can go for better than realism." This is gonna be my motto for all creative purposes from now on.

[luissilva]

i clicked this expecting a shitpost then after reading the comments i feel sad for a story of someone whose existence I didn't know about until minutes ago

[wlockuz]

"An idiot admires complexity, a genius admires simplicity" - Terry Davis

I still live by this quote.

[thesupremeduck]

Don't want realism?
Go for BETTER than realism.

[egyptianpools]

THE ELEPHANT OPENS AND CLOSES HIS LITTLE MOUTH😭😭😭

[juliaxiaoa]

This comment section is making me really sad cuz I had no idea who this guy was before clicking on this video, but if this video truly reflects him... I might just die

[gtwrmw]

This is obviously fake. If you watch carefully, you can see that it's just a video of an elephant, probably filmed with a camcorder. Clever, but no computer (yet) can render an elephant that realistic.

[ludius]

Surface: funny elephant
Behind the scene: this programmer made this to interact with god, later became homeless and died mysteriously on the street

[invalid_user_handle]

Despite his schizophrenia, Terry managed to write his own programming language, JIT compiler for said language, and then wrote an entire OS from scratch from the kernel up with the language.
The man was an outright coding genius. Only a shame his illness, which helped fuel his efforts, ended up being what brought him down in the end...

[LifeOutward]

"I like elephants, and God likes elephants. So I made a realistic elephant."
Out of all his ramblings, this is a surprisingly coherent and sensible thought. And it's kind of sweet.
I genuinely hope Terry is with God now and free from whatever torment he faced in this life.

[frggieMOVED]

I clicked on this for an elephant, and got a very sad story.

[toowingless]

I genuinely hope Terry is resting well. Dude lived a life of mental suffering which is becoming all too common now..

[gbak]

If you are recommended this video out of random, you have been blessed by the divine random numbers of God.

[benjaminbrady]

The national geographic logo killed me

[quacki]

this is an absolutely fascinating case of outsider art. i hope this man is resting well with some realistic programmed elephants

[leonardomadona]

"Haha, look at that elephant!"

Reading the comments and a 1h30 documentary after: "Yeah, life is rough"

[Vartrex]

I miss him. His dedication was something admirable at least. Van Gogh of software geeks

[samuellasky]

"you can go for better than realism"
"HOW ABOUT AN ELEPHANT WITH BLUE EYES"
this man is really pushing the limits here guys, there are lines that man was not meant to cross

[DaInternetBear]

The fact that the music is being procedurally made by a program makes it even better

[dinodiego]

I clicked on this randomly not knowing what it was. Afterwards I watched an hour and a half long documentary on the creator’s life and...wow. I feel so lucky to have clicked on this and to know Terry’s story. I hope he is with the god he loved so much now.