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OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it's an even worse idea now (arstechnica.com)

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OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it's an even worse idea now::Hello, cultural singularity—soon, every video you see online could be completely fake.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It may help to make synthetic training data for other models / simulators

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Which then just feeds to the system. But as this is a globally impactful thing, is there any real world need that outweighs the harm?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Cost savings are a need. It frees resources for everyone. Sure the vast majority of the profit goes to the shareholders but that's true of every labor saving device.

Do we NEED computers? You can hire people to do calculations by hand. The word Computer used to mean a job title, not a device.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

OpenAI’s take is someone will create this technology - it might as well be them since their motivation is relatively pure. OpenAI is a non profit and they do work hard to minimise the damage their tech can cause. Which is why this video generation feature has not been launched yet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

OpenAI is no longer "pure." They are not open. They do not publish the details of any of the discoveries they've made (which used to be standard practice, even in the private sector). Their leadership is now in the "effective accelerationism" camp that worships capitalism, and sees developing AGI as their moral obligation, regardless of what harm it may cause to society. (They are also delusional, because it's very unlikely AGI will be developed anytime soon).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

OpenAI is only technically non-profit. They're a proxy for Microsoft in all but name. They started out mostly pure, but their dickhead CEO has worked hard to undo all of that nonsense and has created parallel companies for OpenAI that can absolutely make profit while the main company gets to keep its nonprofit status. That was literally the entire basis for the board firing him (the CEO) a few months back.