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How Sora Works (And What It Means)

OpenAI's new text-to-video model heralds a new form of filmmaking

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@arun16 over 1 year ago

A well thought out post Dan! One area where I disagree with you is the assertion that Sora will not replace Hollywood movies. It looks like you assume Sora won't improve much beyond its current form, thus making it suitable for simply testing out movie concepts, which will then be picked up by interested studios. However, I think that a version or two down the line (less than 2 years away), Sora 2.0 or similar will be used by millions to create Hollywood quality movies that are visually compelling.

It is true that Youtube vloggers did not replace movies. I think that is because smartphone cameras and the Youtube platform does not replace good acting, script, dialogues, cinematography, music and everything else that goes into a good Hollywood production. I would argue that what Youtube vloggers did replace is reality TV, because to make a good reality TV series, all you need is a good camera and some family drama.

I think Sora 2.0, along with the future versions of Eleven Labs, Suno AI (or their competitors) and other AI companies will replace Hollywood in the very near future. I won't be surprised to see a Hollywood quality block buster production coming out in under 2 years that has a budget of under USD 2,000 and is completely made by less than 5 people. An alternate version of this would be personalised AI generated Hollywood quality movies created on the fly, just for you, based on your tastes and mood. All you need to do is input a prompt.