Why OpenAI’s Sora Is About Way More Than AI Videos
A world in silicon
Last week, OpenAI released examples from its new AI video generator, Sora. I’ve seen this coming for a long time, but like everyone else, I was blown away by the quality of Sora’s video creations.
OpenAI’s examples show the obligatory cat and puppy videos, but also things like a stunning aerial pan across a beach at California’s Big Sur, or wooly mammoths frolicking in the snow.
The tech is so good that filmmaker Tyler Perry reportedly canceled a $400 million expansion of his studio after seeing Sora’s videos. There was no point in expanding his studio’s physical footprint, Perry said, since he would soon be able to replace a physical studio with AI.
Certainly, Sora is a huge step forward for AI video generation. But the real breakthrough behind Sora is much more dramatic — and more disruptive.
Models of the World
Generating AI videos is far harder than generating images.
