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OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it's an even worse idea now::Hello, cultural singularity—soon, every video you see online could be completely fake.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Cost savings are a need. It frees resources for everyone. Sure the vast majority of the profit goes to the shareholders but that's true of every labor saving device.

Do we NEED computers? You can hire people to do calculations by hand. The word Computer used to mean a job title, not a device.