Everything You Need to Know About OpenAI's Sora: The Text-to-Video Revolution | EP 21
Description
In this episode of UNinvested, Sahil provides a comprehensive overview of OpenAI's groundbreaking new text-to-video AI, Sora. Released on February 15th, Sora is capable of generating hyper-realistic, movie-like videos from a simple text prompt. Sahil breaks down the capabilities, current limitations, and the potential impact of this innovative technology on various industries.
What we explore:
Introduction to OpenAI's Sora and its release details
Comparison of Sora with other text-to-video AIs like Runway AI
Real-world examples of Sora-generated videos and their realism
Technical capabilities and current limitations of Sora
The potential future advancements and applications of Sora
Discussion on the broader implications of Sora on startups and the AI industry
Ethical considerations and potential misuse of advanced AI technologies like Sora
The impact of AI advancements on job markets and creative industries
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In this episode, we cover:
[00:00:00] Introduction: OpenAI's new text-to-video AI, Sora
[00:00:17] Overview of Sora: Release details and initial capabilities
[00:00:56] Comparison: Sora vs. Runway AI and other competitors
[00:01:16] Examples: Sora-generated videos by Sam Altman
[00:01:35] Realism and Limitations: Technical capabilities and current issues
[00:02:05] Training and Future Potential: Sora’s training data and future advancements
[00:02:28] Market Impact: The effect of Sora on AI startups and the tech industry
[00:02:53] Ethical Considerations: The implications of widespread AI-generated videos
[00:03:00] Access and Misuse: Current availability of Sora and potential misuse scenarios
[00:03:47] Future of AI: Potential for job displacement and new job creation
[00:04:24] Optimistic View: Positive applications and future possibilities of Sora
[00:05:02] Conclusion: Sahil’s final thoughts on Sora and its impact
Open AI released it’s new text to video AI, called Sora. You can write any prompt or idea and it will generate a video.
Today on Uninvested, I’m going to break down everything you need to know in 5 minutes. On february 15th, Open AI, the company behind Chat GPT, released Sora. It is a groundbreaking new AI that has the capability of making hyper realistic, movie-like videos from only a few words.
Right now, Sora can generate 1 minute videos at 1080p. While text to Video AI isn’t new, the video quality, length, and realism in the videos are unprecedented. Most competitors can’t come close with some publizing their 5 second videos proudly.
There is one that has potential. Runway AI, which raiseed 141M to do basiclaly the same thing. And they have many investors including Google and Nvidia. Theit CEO tweeted game on as soon as Sora examples flooded the internet.
If you want to check out a few examples of Sora for yourself, search Sam Altman on Twitter (@sama) to see 9 Sora-generated videos. They are actually crazy. My favorites are two dogs podcasting on a mountain and street-view of a futuristic city. These videos are so realistic that many people are posting real-life videos (not AI generated) and dubbing them Sora-generated. I think a few fooled me.
The AI even has the ability to consider physics when creating videos. A ball will bounce when dropped, but will eventually stop.. Although there have been some reported issue with “replicating”physics perfectly such as mising bite marks in food after some eatys it. I saw a video of someone blowing out candles, but they stay lit. Stratengly, ity also can’t mimic glass shattering.
However, this is only the first version trained on 10,000 hours of video. Soon it’ll be a perfect “quote-on-quote” world simulator recreating the physical and digital world.
Open AI is the ultimate company when you think about it. With every innovation, they kill hundreds of start-ups. There has been half a billion invested into AI video companies, all of which will probably crumble in the wake of Open AI.
Same thing happened when ChatGPT released custom GPTs designed for specific purposes like an AI travel agent or AI slide maker, wiping out any start-up that wasn’t truly differentiated.
And maybe consolidation of all resources into Open AI will accelerate AI innovation faster, but then again do we want Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, to be the one to determine the future of AI for everyone? I only hope OpenAI shares its learnings on Sora and other innovation so others can build upon it. Then again, innovation dfrom one company will only push the competition like Runway AI.
There’s also the chance Adobe makes a better AI. They do have an edge by having a lot copyrighted data to use for training data, data used to make the models.
For now, Sora is only available to researchers and a few policymakers and deisgners), not the public.
This is also probably for good measure given all the malicious acts that can be taken with Sora. For instance, think about the upcoming elections and how deep fakes, Ai generated videos of a person that are completely made up, can alter someone's vote. A single video of a candidate listing off their goals could be completely fake, and no one will be able to tell the difference.
Think about it for yourself. What if anyone had the ability to create a video of you, saying anything they want, and no one could tell it’s fake. This is a reality Sora could lead to. Ideally, Open Ai creates a tool or tag that allows users to know when a video is sora-genrated. Then again, I’m sure people will find away around it.
There’s also the thought that AI will take jobs. Why even need a graphic design or editor when you can simply tell your AI what you want and it will create a piece of art potentially better than any human can imagine. We aren’t there, yet though.
I like to be optimistic and think that Sora can drive mankind forward. Ai is clearly getting better and better and eventually, not understanding it will be like not knowing how to use a computer.
There are so many positive uses of Sora. Creative expression will explode like never before. Creators will be able to simply describe scenes or images from their brain and then see them in real time. Soon you’ll see a movie created by a group of 5 people and AI that will break the box office.
Sora will be capable of creating videos that could be leveraged for education. Every how-to blog you ever read will now have a video associated with it. Any student can have information personalized to them in video form.
Hopefully, designers, editors, and others can leverage tools like Sora to streamline their workflows and save money rather than have Sora replace them. A better bet is that, new jobs will pop up thgat require you to interact and work with the AI. We are already seeing this in other indsutires.
There are countless opportunities to leverage AI for good.
But for now, I’m Sahil and this has been UNinvested. Thank you!
