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Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by bonoboTP »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #11

I'm more concerned about Sora (and video-generating AI in general) being the final pour that cements us into our post-truth world. People will be swayed by AI-generated videos while also being convinced real videos are AI. I'm kinda terrified of the future of politics.

We will adjust. And guess what, before photography, people managed somehow. People gossiped all sorts of stuff, spread malicious runors and you had to guess what's a lie and what's not. The way people dealt with it was witness testimony and physical evidence.

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by daxfohl »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #11

I'm more concerned about Sora (and video-generating AI in general) being the final pour that cements us into our post-truth world. People will be swayed by AI-generated videos while also being convinced real videos are AI. I'm kinda terrified of the future of politics.

Most people's minds are already made up. All this does is add some confirmation bias so they can feel better about what they were already certain of. I don't think it fundamentally changes anyone's opinions.

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by sixothree »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #11

I'm more concerned about Sora (and video-generating AI in general) being the final pour that cements us into our post-truth world. People will be swayed by AI-generated videos while also being convinced real videos are AI. I'm kinda terrified of the future of politics.

The willingness of people to believe misinformation today is astounding. They are already choosing to surround themselves with voices of hate and anger. I don't want to see what's next for them.

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by tinfoilhatter »

pmontra wrote: post #15
Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #11

I'm more concerned about Sora (and video-generating AI in general) being the final pour that cements us into our post-truth world. People will be swayed by AI-generated videos while also being convinced real videos are AI. I'm kinda terrified of the future of politics.

Maybe they'll have to tour and meet people in person because videos will be devoid of trust. On the other side we want to believe in something, so we'll believe in the video that will suit our beliefs. It's an interesting struggle.

Most members of the US congress and the current presidential administration, are already devoid of trust. I can't speak for other countries governments, but it seems to be a fairly common situation.

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by CaptainOfCoit »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #11

I'm more concerned about Sora (and video-generating AI in general) being the final pour that cements us into our post-truth world. People will be swayed by AI-generated videos while also being convinced real videos are AI. I'm kinda terrified of the future of politics.

"See it to believe it" will once again be more important.

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by brokensegue »

kick_in_the_dor wrote: post #17
bongodongobob wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol ok. We'll wait for your game changing technology, keep us posted.

OP has a point. Are these type of embeddings the best way to model thought?

it's the best way we've found so far?

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by sofixa »

bonoboTP wrote: post #21
Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #11

I'm more concerned about Sora (and video-generating AI in general) being the final pour that cements us into our post-truth world. People will be swayed by AI-generated videos while also being convinced real videos are AI. I'm kinda terrified of the future of politics.

We will adjust. And guess what, before photography, people managed somehow. People gossiped all sorts of stuff, spread malicious runors and you had to guess what's a lie and what's not. The way people dealt with it was witness testimony and physical evidence.

> The way people dealt with it was witness testimony and physical evidence.

Which are inapplicable today.

> We will adjust

Will we? Maybe years later... per event. It's finally now dawning on the majority of Britons that Brexit was a mistake they were lied about.

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by mentalgear »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #11

I'm more concerned about Sora (and video-generating AI in general) being the final pour that cements us into our post-truth world. People will be swayed by AI-generated videos while also being convinced real videos are AI. I'm kinda terrified of the future of politics.

Well, maybe it's less about Sora, but how they push the world towards making their next product essential: WorldCoin [0], Altman's blockchain token system (the one with the alien orb) to scan everybody's biometric fingerprint and serve as the only Source of Truth for the World - controlled by one private company.

It's like the old saying: They create their own ecosystem. Circular stock market deals being the most obvious, but the WorldCoin has been for years in the making and Altman often described it as the only alternative in a post-truth world (the one he himself is making of course).

[0] https://www.forbes.com.au/news/innovation/worldcoin-crypto-p...

Re: Is Sora the beginning of the end for OpenAI?

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Post by bilekas »

I got the feeling when this was released that it was just another metric to justify further investment, they were guaranteed to have a lot of users, they can turn around and say "well we have 2 huge applications and were just getting started" investors don't care too much about product quality we've seen, just large numbers.
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