📽️ Sora Made Its Short Film Debut

Hello, fellow nerds 🧙

AI is a marketing team’s wet dream 🤯

Turns out, if an AI has access to some of your background info, it has an 81.7% higher chance of persuading you to agree with its opinion. Seems a little suspect, but it’s true. If we had to guess, Darth Vader would’ve loved having ChatGPT to turn Luke to the dark side…

Here’s the daily quests in AI to complete today:

• 📽️ Sora Made Its Short Film Debut

• 🤖 Robot Teaches Another Robot to Beat IKEA

• 📸 Junk Pics Are the Red Flag of the Year

• 🎙️ Bad Sound Quality May Be History

OpenAI Just Dropped the First Short Film Entirely Made by AI

So we mentioned yesterday that Sora would have its very own red carpet moment and boy oh boy, they did just that.

OpenAI just peeled back the curtain and gave us all a sneak peek at some of the creative works Sora’s been cookin’ up.

But from what we saw, there’s really only one video that takes the cake.

So without further ado, ladies and gents, OpenAI presents:

“Air Head” by Shy Kids — The first short film made by Sora.

Ok, so the short film takes the definition of “short” here to heart and is only 2 minutes or so long (OpenAI has put a limit on how long vids can be).

However, this was all purely generated by AI. Every bit of it.

And to be honest, if this were an actual film, we’d be kinda down with it. Popcorn and all. I mean, you have to admit, a guy living with a balloon head is pretty interesting in its own right.

Why this all matters:
Once Sora hits the streets, the world of filmmaking and video creation is gonna get cranked up to 11, and we’re all getting front-row seats. Anyone and everyone will be able to create whatever their vision is at a fraction of the cost of traditional movies.

Now, will they all be good? Of course not. There’ll be some pretty rough films out there, no doubt. But watching the world create and witnessing imagination come to life will be absolutely beautiful to watch. Sign us up!

BONUS FILM:
This one was our second place runner up. It’s goofy as hell but arguably more interesting than most documentaries…

Robot Teaches Another Robot to Beat IKEA

Who knew… the ability to give and/or follow written or verbal instructions is one of the key skills we all take for granted.

Supposedly, performing a new task, without prior training, using verbal or written instructions is innately human. 

And once we learn the task, we can then share it with others.

There’s a reason why teaching is one of the best forms of learning…
In order to teach something to someone else, you need to have a strong understanding of what you’re learning. Well I’ll be dipped, the same goes for AI.

Example Instructions: Simply drink from a bottle of water

1. Pick up the water bottle

2. Twist the lid counterclockwise to remove the lid

3. Set the lid aside

4. Raise the water bottle to your lips while keeping the bottle in an upright position

5. Tilt the bottom of the bottle upwards slowly until water reaches your lips

6. Slowly drink the water until satiated

7. Slowly lower the bottle until it is in an upright position again

8. Place the lid back on the bottle

9. Twist the lid clockwise until the lid is securely fastened on the bottle

Who knew there were 9 steps just to take a sip of water?!?

A bunch of nerds from the University of Geneva successfully modeled the first recording of an AI system learning something new then sharing it with a buddy (a clone of the same AI system). 

Now that they can pass on knowledge, they’re ready to take on IKEA.

🧠 Tuesday Trivia

A little brain treat for ya.

Question:
In what year did the first video game console use AI to control enemy movement?

Hint: Atari

(Answer at the bottom)

Daily Delight

Just something fun and interesting around the web.

If this doesn’t become part of the comp map rotation, we’re going to riot.

What’s happening inside the Realm

A list of side quests to explore and more.

• 💻️ Microsoft released two new computers aimed at the business crowd that’ll have AI fully integrated into the operating system.

• 📸 There’s an AI app out there that can “diagnose” if your partner has an STD by taking a picture of their junk. We’re gonna be honest, this has a big red flag plastered all over it…

• 🎙️ Audio engineers may have finally solved the audiophile’s nightmare of poor sound quality in any video or recording.

• 🤖 If you’re worried about robots being able to do backflips, have no fear. This is the world’s very first robot to do a backflip without hydraulics.

That’s all the quests we have for today. Check back tomorrow for more!

Trivia answer: 1981
The Atari 2600 game Qix was the first video game to incorporate AI to control enemy movements.

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