I agree. It's really interesting that computers can make videos from sentences.
This, however, isn't the first AI capable of doing that correct? Didn't Sora 1, Veo, and others come out before this making videos from sentences?
Surely what makes this impressive isn't "This does what other people have done, including us Open AI".
Since you edited, I will to respond to your inflammatory edit
> Shocker lol
> Like a guy who hates tomatoes, bread, cheese, and pepperoni going, “This pizza sucks.”
This is a technology, don't reduce it down to preferences. There are obvious flaws with the video generating tech and one of the most annoying parts of talking to AI enthusiasts is the fact that they are unable to engage in honest dialog. All AI is amazing alien tech, it's always flawless and perfect.
What I've seen with AI video in the past is that they can make impressive on first glance looking videos but when you dig into them things are "off". Further, the continuity only lasts for 1 continuous shot. That creates videos where every 5 seconds you see a new shot and in the same setting things tend to drastically change.
Sora 2 appears to have all those problems, it doesn't appear to have solved any of them. That's why I ask "What's super impressive about this".
The same way I'd ask "What's super impressive about ChatGPT 5 vs 4". Snarkly saying "What are you talking about, it is a fucking realistic chat that can write a short story!" doesn't convince or impress me or anyone else that's a skeptic.
I'm not enthralled by AI. I'll happily use it when it makes sense and as it improves I'll probably use it more. For this, I don't see a significant improvement over the prior state of art.
> This, however, isn't the first AI capable of doing that correct? Didn't Sora 1, Veo, and others come out before this making videos from sentences?
It seems like there was a 90% chance you weren’t impressed by these either…
> doesn't convince or impress me or anyone else that's a skeptic
Yes, this is why I asked what % of comments you’ve made have been skeptical about AI. There’s nothing that will impress you.
I didn’t want to convince you I wanted to find out if I should have any interest in what you had to say.
> It seems like there was a 90% chance you weren’t impressed by these either…
And you'd be wrong in that assumption. When these first came out, particularly veo, I was quiet impressed with the photo realistic scenes it produced. Just like I was pretty impressed by "this is not a real human" website when it first launched.
> Yes, this is why I asked what % of comments you’ve made have been skeptical about AI. There’s nothing that will impress you.
New and novel things impress me. What's new and novel about this?
> I didn’t want to convince you I wanted to find out if I should have any interest in what you had to say.
Ah, so my opinion about stuff is only worth something if I said "I believe AI is the best thing that has ever been invented and I will kill myself to further it!!"
Go find a church if you can only talk with zealots.
> New and novel things impress me
They don’t seem to if 90% of what you have to say about AI is by your own admission at best tepid.
I honestly don’t understand how anyone can look at the state of AI today (even if the gains are perceived to be marginal compared to the last version) and be like, “meh, not impressive, better say something negative about it.”
But that seems to be the gospel here on the Church of HN.
The personas seem to be something new and pretty impressive.