#AItoZ | OpenAI just released something truly special. Right on the heels of #Google announcing its breakthrough video generator #Lumiere, which was a big leap forward, OpenAi releases #Sora.
This is not just a step up from Lumiere, it’s literally a quantum leap. Not yet available to the end user, the samples provided are stunning. I don’t say that to be sensational, they are actually exceptionally good.
I’ve used Pika and Runway for a bit of time now and although they were the initial entries into the #AI video realm, they have a huge uphill battle to climb to even approximate what Sora has shown it’s capable of producing. It’s exciting and alarming at the same time.
What’s most exciting to me is the potential for a massive disruption to the stronghold that Hollywood and the core movie makers have help for decades. Similar to the way that the Internet unleashed a large number of new musicians onto the world stage without the shackles of the traditional music industry, so too will tools like Sora give us a huge wave of new short movie creators. With such powerful tools, an individual can make magic from their laptop in their home. The only restriction is their scripting ability and imagination.
Don’t get me wrong, storytelling is the art form that is the secret to any video or movie. Without the creative passionate few that harness the ability to write moving stories, all the special effects in the ether won’t make for a good watch. And yes, ChatGPT can come up with ideas for you, but they don’t compare to human storytelling. Just watch a few Neal Foard clips on LinkedIn or his website and you will understand the mastery of the human element he brings to the most simple topic.
What’s alarming about Sora’s power is the potential for abuse and misuse by people who have a darker agenda. The light on this darkness is that #OpenAI is holding back the release until they have fully vetting safety parameters to at least attempt to place guardrails in place to stop such abuses.
The acceleration of text and image-to-video has advance astonishingly fast, a testament to how rapidly AI can evolve at a blurry pace.
COO at 6529 Capital and 6529 NFT Fund; Principal at Bandman Advisors; Former Senior Official at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
9moImpressive how nimble the exchange has been in getting these launched so quickly - and with so much at stake!