"Earlier this year, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos bragged that generative AI is going to open the way for a paradigm shift in the way humans create art. "We're confident that AI is going to help us and help our creative partners tell stories better, faster and in new ways - we're all in on that," he told CNBC in an interview."
"Nowhere is that more apparent than in the reels generated by Sora 2, OpenAI's alarmingly realistic video generation software. Examples abound. In one of the most prominent, fat people - who have often served as punching bags for online bullies - now have to suffer a deluge of insulting videos as Sora makes it remarkably easy to pump out cruel slop. One clip with 56,000 likes on Instagram combines fatphobia and racism, showing a black woman falling through the floor of a KFC."
"One reel with almost 900,000 likes on Instagram shows a woman bungee jumping off a bridge over a river gorge. As she nears the bottom, the bottom of the bridge gives out, and a comically explosive splash erupts over the water. In another Instagram video with over 350,000 likes, a heavyset Doordash driver is seen walking up to a house, where he falls through the wood porch before he's able to deliver the food. Though some in the comments understand these videos are AI,"
Ted Sarandos praised generative AI as enabling a paradigm shift and said AI will help creative partners tell stories better, faster and in new ways. In practice, generative video tools have enabled mass production of realistic, demeaning clips that target vulnerable groups. OpenAI's Sora 2 generates alarmingly realistic reels that are used to create viral fatphobic and racist videos. Examples include clips showing a Black woman falling through a KFC floor, a man swelling after eating a huge burger, a woman’s bungee jump ending in an explosive splash, and a Doordash driver falling through a porch. Some viewers recognize the AI origins; others accept or blame real people.
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