Sora

Last year, in October, I had asked this question:

My favorite question to ask about AI: how long before we can ask AI to make a film about ourselves that we can sit and watch? “Make a movie about me, my wife and my daughter, based loosely on The Incredibles, with characters from Madagascar and Ice Age. Keep the story light and make sure the movie ends on a happy note.”

Me, personally, I think we’re about five years away. You?

https://econforeverybody.com/2023/10/01/

The occasion back then was the launch of Dall-E3.

Well, four months isn’t all that bad for the next notable milestone, eh?

Here’s Sora:

We’re teaching AI to understand and simulate the physical world in motion, with the goal of training models that help people solve problems that require real-world interaction.

Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model. Sora can generate videos up to a minute long while maintaining visual quality and adherence to the user’s prompt.

https://openai.com/sora

And here’s what Sora can do:

At which point, of course, one should ask what Rainmaker is, much like the founder of Rainmaker asked what Sora is. Here you go.

When it comes to science and technology, it’s not your grandfather’s planet anymore, that’s for sure. When it comes to war and politics, on the other hand…