{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Zero Takes","title":"Sora Is Shutting Down: What’s Next and the Future of Generative Video (with Miles Hastings)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9291a931\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2366,"description":"Two former Sora creators, Darren and Miles discuss OpenAI’s Sora shutting down on April 26 and what it means for creators and the generative AI video space. Miles shares his background in tech and how ChatGPT-3.5 and then Sora drew him into AI video creation and community-building through Discord and creator groups. We describe why Sora stood out for producing strong outputs from simple prompts and how top creators learned to hook, tell a story, and land a punch within 10 seconds. We react to the surprise of the model itself being discontinued and speculate OpenAI may be moving toward “world models.” We also define “AI slop,” compare AI adoption to early CGI backlash, discuss Chinese video models like Seedance and the power of video inputs, and predict improvements in consistency, longer clips, and remix-friendly social features.00:00 Highlights00:49 Intro to Zero Takes01:37 Welcome Miles04:19 Sora Launch And Hype06:58 Mastering Ten Second Stories08:49 Why Sora Felt Magical10:43 Reacting To The Shutdown12:25 World Models Next Frontier16:39 Free Gens And Cost Reality18:06 Defining AI Slop21:00 Public Fear of AI23:02 Hollywood Started Slop25:02 Who Replaces Sora30:29 China vs West Models33:06 Twelve Month Predictions","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B0HAHtqpLIIK7BiSLZGiYFTX3JQ1bqytLjoDudWF4hY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMDEz/ZGQ4OTdhM2Y3ODJm/ODZhMjBkZWY4Nzg4/ZDUwZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}