OpenAI Unveils Sora: A Humorous Spin on Deepfaking Yourself for Fun!
“OpenAI’s New Sora App Lets You Deepfake Yourself for Entertainment”
“OpenAI, an artificial intelligence lab founded by Elon Musk and other tech industry luminaries, has built an AI that can generate creative digital performances that ‘smile’ and ‘blink.'” Familiar as this may sound, it seems like sci-fi once more irrupts into reality, brought to the fore by the maverick Musk and his cohorts at OpenAI.
Put down that popcorn and step into the future where “AI-generated animations of people” becomes the next Netflix binge. Yes, folks, we aren’t talking about cartoonish simulations. These fabricated realities are touted to be as ‘realistic’ as your dreams of getting an unlimited supply of free pizza. While AI is already known for its knack for creating pretty faces (strangely enough, ones that don’t exist), Sora, a new application by OpenAI, adds the ‘oomph’ of motion—promising to captivate you with chilling accuracy.
Taking a stroll down the AI rumormonger street, there’s chatter about creating “interactive narratives or video games,” all revolving around simulated characters. Now, doesn’t that just seem like fodder for the next dystopian series? But yes, it’s happening. And they would have you believe that these lifelike performances won’t steal roles from real actors. Probably not as climatic as reality, right? Well, one can only wait, watch, and wonder.
Visual deepfakes, as intriguing as they may sound, tend to stoke a wildfire of concerns around trust and misuse. And rightly so! Because let’s face it, the internet has never been a paragon of virtue, now has it? This brings us to ask: can you trust a performance if you can’t trust its origin? In a world where seeing is believing, this just might be the wrench in the works.
Expressing concern, OpenAI insists that the ”ultimate goal with Sora is not to deceive people.” Well, what a comfort that is! The urge to create an AI-powered Mona Lisa, ‘smiling’ and ‘blinking’ at her merry will, doesn’t stem from a desire to con. Well, at least they say so.
Venturing into the shadows of this shiny new tech, one platitude often thrown around is that technology is only as good or as evil as its use. Now, isn’t that as satisfying as trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces? So, it’s up to the users, then? That’s a lot of responsibility on shoulders that just wanted to chill and watch Netflix, wasn’t it?
If you’re seeing a future straight out of a Spielberg movie, you’re not alone, my friend. With AI’s advancement constantly pushing limits and blurring boundaries, it seems like ‘smiling’ and ‘blinking’ AI might just be the curtain-raiser to a whole new tech wonderland. Or perhaps, it’s just opening Pandora’s Box. Only time will tell.