The Ledger / Vol 26, No 10 / the-exhibit
PROMPT TEST KLING3.0 LTX2.3 WAN2.2 SEEDANCE2.0

Fitness Test

Physics, human motion and mechanics

Prompt Tested

The man opens the book, flicks through the pages, stops, and lays it flat to read.

What Are We Looking For?

What sounds simple quickly exposes how well these models understand hands, motion, and physical reality. Assuming you are human, you have seen this through your own eyes and know how it should look. Good news is none returned a hand with extra fingers!

Kling3.0

Hands interact correctly

Pages flick (slightly clumsy, but believable)

Rated Green as compared to other model results

Production Readiness:

LTX2.3

Pages move unnaturally

Cover opens "magically"

Focus shifts

Production Readiness:

Wan2.2

Natural opening

Only turns one page (fails task)

Production Readiness:

Seedance2.0

Motion feels real

Hallucinates an extra hardback cover — could be cleaned up by a compositing artist

Production Readiness:
The Verdict

Most models are still struggling with:

  • Physical consistency
  • Following sequential actions
  • Maintaining believable object behavior

Kling and Seedance came close on this go-around, but still imperfect.

This originally appeared in Vol. 26, No. 10, The Foundry Integrates Griptape

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