Souki Mansoor

sora artists @openai // recovering filmmaker with a penchant for nurturing people, plants and passions

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

4o image generation has arrived.

It's beginning to roll out today in ChatGPT and Sora to all Plus, Pro, Team, and Free users.

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Sora has arrived in the EU and the UK.

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

@OpenAI And we couldn’t be more overjoyed 🤓

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

I love our artists SO MUCH

[Reza Sixo Safai @rezawrecktion]

THREAD: Why This New AI Tool is LITERALLY DESTROYING CIVILIZATION (1/14) 🧵

I've spent 4 WHOLE MINUTES testing this tool and I can CONFIDENTLY say it's a MASSIVE STEP BACKWARD for humanity. Let me explain while standing on this perfectly good skyscraper...

First of all, the prompt completion time is 0.0003 seconds SLOWER than the others. Do you realize what this means for civilization? TOTAL COLLAPSE of global productivity! (screams into the void)

The UI has rounded corners instead of slightly rounded corners. This is LITERALLY unusable. I've already deleted my account and am considering moving to a remote cabin in Montana.

Don't even get me started on the token pricing! They're charging $0.000001 more per token than the others. This is HIGHWAY ROBBERY! (throws papers into the wind while city burns below)

The documentation uses Arial instead of Helvetica. This shows a complete lack of understanding of basic human psychology. I've already written a 47-page manifesto about this.

And the API response format? They put the curly brace on a NEW LINE. A NEW LINE! This is what the ancient prophets warned us about! (tears shirt dramatically)

MOST IMPORTANTLY: They didn't give me early access before everyone else. This is clear evidence of their moral bankruptcy. I'm starting a YouTube series called "The Truth About This New AI Tool" (merch link in bio).

In conclusion: This tool is simultaneously overhyped AND underrated, too expensive AND too cheap, too fast AND too slow. I am very intelligent.

(🧵 cont'd in my newsletter, only $29.99/month for more galaxy-brain takes like this)

#AI #Tech #AIVideo

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

@rezawrecktion LEGEND OF ALL LEGENDS

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

Spent a late night before our launch doing all the voiceover and editing for the Sora tutorials, visualized by our incredible UX designer Joey Flynn. Still reeling from the fact that they’ve already been seen +130k times in two days just on YouTube! 😦😵‍💫🫠💀

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Now you can generate entirely new videos from text, bring images to life, or extend, remix, or blend videos you already have. We’ve developed new interfaces to allow easier prompting, creative controls, and community sharing: https://t.co/HMcAKwaCCw

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

We did it y’all 🥹 Can’t believe we’re finally here — and could never have imagined the level of interest in folks wanting to play with Sora. Mind blowing. We’re hard at work trying to get this to everyone who wants it, please sit tight and it’ll be with you soon 🤞

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Our holiday gift to you: Sora is here. https://t.co/UhdmYuGHtT

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

I’ve been seeing work made with Sora for the last 10 months and still, this absolutely exploded my concept of what’s possible. Love seeing what our incredible artists dream up🤘

[Nathan Shipley @CitizenPlain]

Sora Remix test 2: Barbie to Circus Performer

Prompt: "A circus performer woman sitting high up by the flying trapeze in a beautiful circus tent at night."

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

Absolutely obsessed with @CitizenPlain’s brain 🧠⚡️

[Nathan Shipley @CitizenPlain]

Sora Remix test: Scissors to crane

Prompt was "Close up of a curious crane bird looking around a beautiful nature scene by a pond. The birds head pops into the shot and then out."

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

@c_valenzuelab you know I’ll be a forever fan no matter where I go— you guys are doing an amazing job, thank you for continuing to keep us all on our toes and inspiring us to do better! respect you all immensely ❤️

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

@javilopen Can’t wait to experience!

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We’ll be streaming live on https://t.co/OcO6MLUYGH at 10AM PT Monday, May 13 to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.

[shy kids @shykids]

“Deflated” is our companion piece to “air head”; first experiment with @OpenAI 's #Sora - this time combining real world actors and locations with generated videos.

[Paul Trillo @paultrillo]

Made with Sora. The Golden Record - from raw earth material to a time capsule of human life on Earth. Using 11 different generations cut together from Sora, I was able to explore what the odyssey of this record might look like. @OpenAI

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

A glimpse of our early work with artists and filmmakers to see how Sora can help bring ideas into reality: https://t.co/kIowcqry0d

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

Can’t wait to speak at the @MIT Media Lab Hackathon and be a judge — stoked to see what everyone makes

[MIT Film Makers Association @MitFilmmakers]

(3/4) Network with speakers and panelists from Hollywood directors, to top researchers, to big tech managers, to rising startup founders!

▪ Advisors: @Jiajianminyale , Jean-Peïc Chou.
▫ Opening Speech Speaker: @patpat_mit, Qian Liu.
▪ Law Panel: TBD.
▫ Film Director Panel: @benrelles , @itsasouki.
▪ Academia Panel: @roadjiang, @rohitgird, @jtompkin.
▫ Big Tech Panel: @zoyathinks, @SylvioD, Hossein Taghavi,  Ed Tlegenov.
▪ Startup Panel: @YuanmingH, @qinzytech, @ytjessie_, Yachen Song, Matt Tancik,.
▫ 2023 Participants Panel: @LiuYang0129, @AnnaBorouYu, @nixliuxin, Paris Meyersm.
▪ Other Judges: @itsasouki, @ciguleva 

More details at https://t.co/DzIHEGQDGk

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

Truly loved freaking out about the future of the internet with @joshm for @browsercompany 🤓

[Josh Miller @joshm]

Our vision for Act II of @arcinternet

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

#MidjourneyAI v6 released today, and I took the opportunity to explore womanhood and aging. The models are becoming strikingly detailed in almost absurdly hyper-fantastical way, and yet, portray feminine beauty in a narrow scope of Lolita-like doll faces.

[Souki Mansoor @itsasouki]

Modifiers:
Joyful old Moroccan lady in wonder, retrofuturist style, shot on grainy 35mm film with an old camera, steampunk, atompunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, cyberpunk, and Raygun Gothic.

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#midjourney #midjourneyart #midjourneyv6 #ai #aiart #generativeart #runwayml