With Sora, OpenAI sheds light on the mystery and clarity of its mission | The pace of AI

Last THURSDAY, OpenAI released A demo of It is new text to video model Sorah, that "can generate videos up has A minute long while maintain visual quality And adhesion has THE users guest. »

Maybe you have seen A, two Or 20 examples of THE video clips OpenAI provided, Since THE litter of Golden retriever puppies to burst their heads out of THE snow has THE couple walk through THE animated Tokyo Street. Maybe your reaction was wonder And admiration, Or anger And disgust, Or worry And concern — depending on, depending on your see of generative AI overall.

Personally, My reaction was A mix of stupefaction, uncertainty And GOOD old fashioned curiosity. Eventually I, And a lot others, to want has know — What East THE Sora release Really about?

Here is My take: With Sorah, OpenAI offers What I think East A Perfect example of THE the company invasive air of mystery around It is constant outputs, particularly just three month After CEO Sat Altmann cooking And fast to come back. That enigmatic will have feeds itself THE threshing around each of It is announcements.

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Of course, OpenAI East not "open." He offers farm, owner models, which makes It is offerings mysterious by design. But think about he — millions of We are NOW trying has analyze each word around THE Sora release, Since Altmann And a lot others. We wonder Or to agree on how THE Black Box model Really works, What data he was qualified on, Why he was suddenly released NOW, What he will Really be used For, And THE consequences of It is future development on THE industry, THE global Workforce, Company has big, And THE environment. All For A demo that will not be released as A product at any time Soon — It is AI threshing on steroids.

HAS THE even time, Sora Also illustrated THE very not mysterious, transparent clarity OpenAI has around It is assignment has develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) And ensure that he "benefits all of humanity. »

After all, OpenAI said he East sharing Sora's research progress early "has to start functioning with And get back Since people out of OpenAI And has give THE public A sense of What AI abilities are on THE horizon." THE title of THE Sora technical report, "Video generation models as world simulators”, watch that This East not A business look has simply release A text to video model For creative has work with. Instead, This East clearly AI researchers TO DO What AI researchers TO DO — push against THE edges of THE border. In OpenAI case, that push East towards AGI, even if there East No agreed definition of What that means.

That odd duality — THE mysterious alchemy of OpenAI current efforts, And unshakable clarity of It is long term assignment — often gets neglected And under-analyzed, I believe, as more of THE general public becomes aware of It is technology And more companies sign on has to use It is products.

THE OpenAI researchers functioning on Sora are certainly concerned about THE here impact And are be careful about deployment For creative to use. For example, Aditya Ramesh, A OpenAI scientist WHO co-created SLAB And East on THE Sora team, said MIT Technology Goodbye that OpenAI East worried about abuse of fake but photorealistic video. "Were be careful about deployment here And manufacturing Of course We to have Al...