Ep. 375: Did OpenAI Just Kill Social Media?

If you've spent enough time online this past month, you've probably noticed a sudden uptick in unsettling, realistic AI generated videos. Maybe it's body cam footage of Super Mario in his cart being pulled over by police and then yelling, I can't get another ticket, before peeling out. Or a horse on skis. competing in a freestyle skiing competition or Bob Ross Wrestling Abraham Lincoln. These were all generated by OpenAI's blockbuster video generation model, Sora 2, which allows you to create videos simply by describing them in words.

OpenAI, however, has gone one step further and bundled up access to this model in a new app that they call Simply Sora. that operates like TikTok. You can easily create videos and share them. You can view other people's creations and there's a an algorithmically curated feed just like you would see on TikTok. So you can have a steady incoming feed of grade A high octane slop.

The online world is usually pretty excited about new AI products, but the reaction to Sora has been more interesting. People online seem, to put it simply, Unsettled. I want to play a clip here. Here's Casey Neistat uh reacting to the new Sora app.

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