OpenAI's Sora on Android: Just Another Way to Waste Your Damn Time?
Oh, great. Another AI-powered distraction for the masses. OpenAI's Sora is now on Android, letting you create AI-generated videos from text prompts. Because what the world really needs is more fake content clogging up the internet.
The Illusion of Creativity
So, the sales pitch is that Sora lets you "create, share, and remix AI-generated videos." Remix? Please. It's just feeding prompts into a machine and letting it regurgitate something vaguely resembling art. Where's the actual creation in that? We're just becoming glorified prompters, patting ourselves on the back for things a computer coughed up.
And the "character cameos" thing? Seriously? They eventually plan to let rightsholders "charge extra for cameos of beloved characters and people." It's like we're not already drowning in IP and nostalgia bait. Now we're gonna have to pay extra to have a digital Mickey Mouse shill products in our AI-generated garbage videos.
I mean, let's be real, most of these videos are gonna be utter trash. Glitchy, nonsensical, and ultimately forgettable. Remember when everyone was losing their minds over AI-generated art? How many of those masterpieces are hanging in museums right now? Yeah, exactly.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. We're living in the attention economy, where novelty trumps quality every single time.
The Android Invasion
The article says Sora hit 1 million downloads in less than five days on Apple, and topped the App Store for nearly three weeks. And it's already No. 5, right behind OpenAI's other brain-rotting creation, ChatGPT. People are clearly eating this stuff up. But are they actually using it, or just downloading it to say they did? I bet the active user numbers tell a different story.
And now it's on Android, spreading the plague to even more devices. The announcement boasts availability in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Europe is next, according to some guy named Bill Peebles on X. OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android.
It's funny, they rolled it out as invite-only at first, then opened the floodgates "for a limited time." Limited time? Give me a break. It's a classic marketing tactic: create artificial scarcity to drive demand.
Makes you wonder, what's the point of even trying to make real art anymore? Why bother honing your skills, developing your own voice, when you can just type a few words into a box and get a passable imitation?
The Indian Connection
Wait, I just saw something else. Apparently OpenAI also launched something called IndQA, a benchmark for testing AI on Indian languages and culture. They're patting themselves on the back for making AI "work well across languages and cultures."
Oh, how noble of them.
It's all part of their mission to "make AGI benefit all of humanity." Right, because that's exactly what's gonna happen. More likely, it'll be used to spread misinformation, manipulate elections, and further consolidate power in the hands of a few tech giants.
I'm not saying AI can't be used for good. I'm just saying that's not how it will be used. We're so busy marveling at the shiny new toys that we're not paying attention to the consequences.
Then again, maybe I'm just a grumpy old man yelling at a cloud.
So, What's the Endgame Here?
It's all about control. OpenAI wants to control the narrative, control the technology, and ultimately control us. And we're just handing them the keys to the kingdom, one AI-generated video at a time.