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Re: Sora 2

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Post by jayd16 »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #299
SeanAnderson wrote: post #250

Sheeeeeeeeeeesh. That was so impressive. I had to go back to the start and confirm it said "Everything you're about to see is Sora 2" when I saw Sam do that intro. I thought there was a prologue that was native film before getting to the generated content.

I'm sorry but that's a gross exageration. If any of this was real film then I'd start a gofundme page for OpenAI to get better video production equipment and team because that would be laughably bad. If anything, it looks a lot worse than a lot of AI-generated videos I've seen in the past, despite being a tech demo with carefully curated shots. Veo 3 just blows this out of the water for example.

I get what you're saying. I see it too. That said, a lot of people won't notice the flaws, especially with these fast, choppy cuts. By the time you realize the neck is way too long or whatever, its 2 cuts later.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by hansmayer »

qoez wrote: post #27

I know the comments here are gonna be negative but I just find this so sick and awesome. Feels like it's finally close to the potential we knew was possible a few years ago. Feels like a pixar moment when CG tech showed a new realm of what was possible with toy story

Potential for what exactly? More of 30-sec slop?

Re: Sora 2

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Post by ares623 »

the_duke wrote: post #273

I haven't seen comments regarding a big factor here: It seems like OpenAI is trying to turn Sora into a social network - TikTok but AI. The webapp is heavily geared towards consumption, with a feed as the entry point, liking and commenting for posts, and user profiles having a prominent role. The creation aspect seems about as important as on Instagram, TikTok etc - easily available, but not the primary focus. Genera…

I’m sure all the influencers pushing AI art will be thrilled about this.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by Gud »

echelon wrote: post #339
the_duke wrote: post #273

I haven't seen comments regarding a big factor here: It seems like OpenAI is trying to turn Sora into a social network - TikTok but AI. The webapp is heavily geared towards consumption, with a feed as the entry point, liking and commenting for posts, and user profiles having a prominent role. The creation aspect seems about as important as on Instagram, TikTok etc - easily available, but not the primary focus. Genera…

I posit this is the real story. OpenAI did not stealthily release Sora 2 to the image and video ELO ranking leaderboards ahead of time as is now somewhat tradition. This model is probably designed to run fast and cheap as a social play. Emphasis on putting you and your friends into popular franchises and IPs. OpenAI probably has a totally different model for their Hollywood-grade VFX. One that's too expensive to offe…

Why would I want to watch any of this?

Re: Sora 2

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Post by ascorbic »

School-Cotton wrote: post #208
giancarlostoro wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So being able to generate sign language videos for people who cannot hear is not a legitimate use case for AI videos? Or is your hate boner for AI just blinding you from useful applications?

Why can’t sign language be written? Why does it need to be on video?

There isn't a standard written form of any major sign languages

Re: Sora 2

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Post by SeanAnderson »

ryandrake wrote: post #383
SeanAnderson wrote: post #320

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not an exaggeration to me? I literally stopped the video and went back to the start and re-read. You're more than welcome to speak about your opinions and experiences, but I'm speaking about mine. I'm over here thinking, "It felt like just yesterday I was laughing at trippy, incoherent videos of Will Smith eating spaghetti." I love the progress we're making. I love the competition between big companies trying to…

Don't worry. AI is going to be monetized and extractive in no time. Just like Social Media went from "fresh, fun and cool new tech" to "how did we let this horrible beast take hold of the world," AI will take the same path. In 10 years or sooner, when 99.99% of what you read, hear, and watch is AI slop, you're going to post "This used to be a cool invention!" if there's even a place left for humans to post by that ti…

I agree. It will absolutely get there. Such is the trend of all scientific inventions. A breakthroughs occurs, prosperity follows in response, hedonic adaption causes satisfaction to regress to the mean, and then people squeeze every remaining drop of value out of the technology while we wait for those capable of true innovation to work their magic once more. I don't find it idyllic, but I accept it as the way the world works. It feels like a force of nature to me.

The period we're in is fleeting. I think it should be acknowledged and treasured for what it is rather than viewed with disdain because of what is inevitably to come. I stopped using Facebook and never moved to Insta/TikTok when things began to feel too extractive, but, for a good decade there, I felt so close to so many more people than I ever thought possible. It was a really nice experience that I no longer get to have. I'm not mad at social media. I'm happy I got to experience that window of time.

Right now I'm very happy to be using LLMs without feeling like I'm being preyed upon. I love that programming feels fresh and new to me after 15 years. I'm looking forward to having my ability to self-express magnified ten-fold by leveraging generative audio/visuals, and I look forward to future breakthroughs that occur once all these inventions become glorified ad-delivery mechanisms.

None of this seems bad to me. Innovation and technological progress is responsible for every creature comfort I have experienced in my entire life. People deserve to make livings off of those things even if they weren't solely responsible for the innovation.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by summarity »

echelon wrote: post #304
Mashimo wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I was entertained. What is up with a lot of voices are left ear only?

Carter needs a new laptop. His daily driver has been falling apart for ages but he refuses to give it up. We all told him about the sound mix - he let a couple of videos slip with a bad "mono as single-channel stereo audio" renders. On his machine it sounded normal. He got flack for that, and he's been hearing this for months. I'm going to show him this thread. I don't think he'll ever forget to check again. Despite…

Lol I wish YT had a warning for that.

In the meantime, good old

Settings -> Accessibility -> Audio -> Play Stereo as Mono

helps.

Re: Sora 2

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Post by password54321 »

echelon wrote: post #339
the_duke wrote: post #273

I haven't seen comments regarding a big factor here: It seems like OpenAI is trying to turn Sora into a social network - TikTok but AI. The webapp is heavily geared towards consumption, with a feed as the entry point, liking and commenting for posts, and user profiles having a prominent role. The creation aspect seems about as important as on Instagram, TikTok etc - easily available, but not the primary focus. Genera…

I posit this is the real story. OpenAI did not stealthily release Sora 2 to the image and video ELO ranking leaderboards ahead of time as is now somewhat tradition. This model is probably designed to run fast and cheap as a social play. Emphasis on putting you and your friends into popular franchises and IPs. OpenAI probably has a totally different model for their Hollywood-grade VFX. One that's too expensive to offe…

Touch grass. This is nothing but cringe that I wouldn't wish upon children.
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