OpenAI’s Sora 2 shows how artificial intelligence is changing within media creation. With just a short clip of a person’s voice recording and face (and sometimes not at all, for already well-known celebrities), the model can create entire scenes, backgrounds, with very realistic, and enhanced visuals. Some examples could totally be up to a person’s imagination, like floating through a zero-gravity spaceship, to surfing during a sunset, or giving motivational speeches in TED-Talk rooms. Social media influencer, Kevin Stratvert said “I am real. I don’t know how to prove it to you, but you’ll have to just trust me on it,” this emphasizes the challenge of knowing what is real or fake, which could cause certain misinformation to spread within communities.
However, the same technology has people unease as some of the Internet’s most influential creators such as Mreast called these “Scary times,” warning AI-generated content could impact millions of creators into the future. Filmmaker and vlogger Casey Neistat voiced a similar concern which he noted that rtificial creativity risks making digital spaces “completely oversaturated” with content detached with human emotions. Even the creators of the scientific and educational channel Kurzgesagt released a video called “AI Slop is killing our channel.”
Concord Academy’s mission calls for “a community animated by a love of learning, diverse and striving for equity, [and] with common trust as our foundation.” This mission now faces a present meaning, as rtificial ntelligence rapidly changes how “real” creativity looks like. For CA, these debates carry meaning. In the future, Sora 2 has the potential to enhance creativity whether it is used by visual artists in the CAC, or everyday use of education any department. Though, the videos Sora 2 produces can create misuse, such as misleading or harmful content that is intended to imitate others, spread false information, or violate Student policy.
In the end, it is up to us to decide the next steps we take, whether we continue AI to weaken the values or CA, or to use it to strengthen us.