For contrast to the general opinion....Sora is great. It's on the level of TikTok as most of it is nonsense but it demonstrates some real cleverness and creativity from the users.
Sora has two amazing innovations completely separate from the incredible advances in AI video creation. The first is the cameo. You can make a video of you and Shaq hanging out with JFK talking about conspiracy theories and it looks very real. Swipe up and down for endless examples. The second is the remix. When someone has a clever idea someone else can remix the video with minor changes. For example someone makes a video of Audry Hepburn in a theatre enjoying a specific movie like Breakfast at Tiffanies. Than someone else can change the movie to Saw or whatever. This is swiping right.
From a creation standpoint it's a lot of fun. From a consumption standpoint it's also a riot seeing the way remixes evolve.
It's not high art...it's mild entertainment like youtube shorts or TikTok but with high end video creation democratized.
Other complaints about AI stealing information, or the high electricity demands and water demands I just attribute to ongoing ignorance and hysteria and a general luddite impulse.
