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Re: Sora 2

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Post by oulipo2 » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #117

The main lesson I learned from the March ChatGPT image generation launch - which signed up 100 million new users in the first week - is that people love being able to generate images of their friends and family (and pets). I expect the "cameo" feature is an attempt at capturing that viral magic a second time.

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Re: Sora 2

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Post by larodi » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC

saguntum wrote: post #205

I wonder if they're going to license this to brands for heavily personalized advertisement. Imagine being able to see videos of yourself wearing clothes you're buying online before you actually place the order, instead of viewing them on a model. If they got the generation "live" enough, imagine walking past a mirror in a department store and seeing yourself in different clothes. Wild times.

its called Virtual Try On (VTO) and there are plenty of models going there for static gfx, it is very reasonable to expect soon emerge those for video VTO.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by cyrialize » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC

saguntum wrote: post #205

I wonder if they're going to license this to brands for heavily personalized advertisement. Imagine being able to see videos of yourself wearing clothes you're buying online before you actually place the order, instead of viewing them on a model. If they got the generation "live" enough, imagine walking past a mirror in a department store and seeing yourself in different clothes. Wild times.

I'm fairly certain there is a scene in Minority Report just like this! Or at least, the advertisement says Tom Cruise's character's name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)

Re: Sora 2

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Post by spaceman_2020 » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:32 PM UTC

robotsquidward wrote: post #231

It's insanely impressive. At the same time, all these videos all look terrible to me. Still get extreme uncanny valley and literally makes me sick to my stomach.

This stuff works really well when you make something that's exaggerated reality, as in either an animation or a MTV-style music video

I can't find the link now, but I saw a continuous shot video of a grocery store from the perspective of a fly. It was shot in the 90s music video style and looked so damn good.

Some of the stuff being done by these guys is also a whole lot of fun (slightly NSFW and political content), and it fits the music video theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4zwIhS2iZk

Re: Sora 2

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Post by myahio » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:32 PM UTC

qgin wrote: post #169

VFX artists are definitely feeling the AGI / considering other career paths today.

Not with the way this thing renders hair (or any other high fidelity texture) https://x.com/GabrielPeterss4/status/1973090475486879818

Re: Sora 2

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Post by iLoveOncall » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:32 PM UTC

saguntum wrote: post #205

I wonder if they're going to license this to brands for heavily personalized advertisement. Imagine being able to see videos of yourself wearing clothes you're buying online before you actually place the order, instead of viewing them on a model. If they got the generation "live" enough, imagine walking past a mirror in a department store and seeing yourself in different clothes. Wild times.

You don't need generative AI for that at all, snapchat filters have existed for a decade and are the same concept. A lot of brands have already adopted that.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by mrcino » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:33 PM UTC

So, this is the AI Slop generator for the AI SlipSlop that Altman has announced lately.

Brave new internet, where humans are not needed for any "social" media anymore, AI will generate slop for bots without any human interaction in an endless cycle.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by carabiner » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:34 PM UTC

CEO of Loopt makes a cameo at 1:28 in the youtube vid.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by mclightning » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:35 PM UTC

It is very underwhelming. It seems like a step backward. Scam altman should be replaced before he runs the company to bankruptcy.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by skybrian » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 7:36 PM UTC

sys32768 wrote: post #242

I welcome a world where gullible people begin to doubt everything they see.

The result of that isn't rational skepticism, though. It's distrusting mainstream news and embracing whatever conspiracy theories your friends believe.