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OpenAI gave us two very different Sora releases. Here is the official announcement. The part where they gave us a new and improved video generator? Great, love it. The part where they gave us a new social network dedicated purely to short form AI videos? Not great, Bob. Don’t be evil. OpenAI is claiming they are making their social network with an endless scroll of 10-second AI videos the Actively Good, pro-human version of The Big Bright Screen Slop Machine, that helps you achieve your goals and can be easily customized and favors connection and so on. I am deeply skeptical. They also took a bold copyright stance, with that stance being, well, not quite ‘f*** you,’ but kind of close? You are welcome to start flagging individual videos. Or you can complain to them more generally about your characters and they say they can [...] ---Outline:(01:42) Act 1: Sora 2, The Producer of Ten Second Videos(03:08) Big Talk(06:00) Failures of Physics(06:45) Fun With Media Generation(09:19) Act 2: Copyright Confrontation(09:25) Imitation Learning(12:50) OpenAI In Copyright Infringement(14:25) OpenAI Gives Copyright Holders The Finger(22:36) State Of The Copyright Game(23:44) Not Safe For Pliny(25:46) Act 3: The Big Bright Screen Slop Machine(25:58) The Vibes Are Off(27:30) I Have An Idea, Let's Moral Panic(33:08) OpenAI's Own Live Look At Their New App(34:11) When Everyone Is Creative No One Will Be(36:51) Nobody Wants This(39:25) Okay Maybe Somebody Wants This?(40:22) Sora Sora What's It Good For?(42:31) The Vibes Are Even Worse(43:35) No I Mean How Is It Good For OpenAI?(46:15) Don't Worry It's The Good Version(49:03) Optimize For Long Term User Satisfaction(50:59) Encourage Users To Control Their Feed(56:20) Prioritize Creation(57:09) Help Users Achieve Their Long Term Goals(58:10) Prioritize Connection(58:52) Alignment Test(59:27) One Strike(01:00:50) Don't Be Evil(01:05:29) No Escape --- First published: October 3rd, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DKXa42nu2SDnWWmeW/sora-and-the-big-bright-screen-slop-machine --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.