The process of making a film using Sora involves going to a website with a text field prompt, similar to other generative AI tools. The text input is translated and interpreted through chat GBT to generate a response, which can be edited. Using Sora is likened to telling a story to a toddler with superpowers, as it involves a naive entity with Blackmagic superpowers. The conversation aims to focus on the actual video produced with Sora, watching it together, describing the scenes, and asking questions about it.
This week we look at how AI is affecting jobs. As companies start announcing AI-related job cuts and experimenting with customer service bots, economists are placing bets on whether AI will lead to major gains for companies and workers. Some are even predicting it will help rebuild the middle class. Then, multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Paul Trillo joins to talk to us about his experience as part of a select group of testers granted early access to Sora, Open AI’s video generation tool. And finally, Kevin explains what happened when a Microsoft developer stumbled on a huge cyber security breach.
Today’s Guests:
- Paul Trillo, multidisciplinary artist, writer and director
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