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Sora 2 Is Unbelievably Expensive, With Each Video Costing $5 Of Compute and Users Allowed To Generate 100 Videos Every 24 Hours — Meaning OpenAI Will Lose A Month’s Subscription Revenue Every Four Videos Generated Let’s establish some facts: Once you have access to Sora 2, you can generate what appears to be an unlimited amount of videos, at least on a $20-a-month subscription, and OpenAI has promised “generous limits” for a non-specific amount of time. Every Sora 2 generation is at 1280x704 — a variant of 720p resolution — and every single one is 10 seconds long, even if you ask it to generate a longer one. Each video appears to have sound, whether or not you asked for it. It takes about a minute to generate each video. Now, I’m a curious little critter, so I found that Microsoft actually publishes the prices of using Sora on its Azure AI Foundry page if you select “US East 2” as your region. To be clear, this is the pricing for the first Sora model, rather than Sora 2, which is likely more expensive. Nevertheless, based on Azure’s pricing, it’s likely that each Sora 2 generation is priced at the “720 Global” rate of 50 cents a second, meaning that each video generated on Sora 2 costs $5 in compute, if not more, because it’s very likely that OpenAI’s costs are more than it charges on an API basis. Now, according to The Information, OpenAI’s gross margins were projected to be 50% this year, meaning that even in the most kindly, sweet maths of all time, it’s annihilating all of its margin in two generations, and another subscriber’s margins in two more. I also understand that some may argue that OpenAI’s costs “might not be as bad,” and there’s no evidence that this is the case.

Sora 2, by OpenAI’s own description, is a “video and audio generation model,” suggesting it’s one main model rather than a combination with its audio-generation models it released earlier this year.

Sora 2 is also unbelievably expensive, costing OpenAI at least $5 per 10 second video - and likely more considering Sora 2 also generates synced-up audio. OpenAI loses one subscriber's revenue *every four images generated*. It's unbelievably stupid.
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fuck ai

just make it exist first
you can make it owl later

YouTube video by Gneiss Name Minecraft Color Theory: What is CMYK

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YouTube video by ronillust the truth about big witch hats

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Jack-o-Lantern grinning with the words "It's ween" over it.

Raging Loop (PS4) is $2.99 on US PSN buff.ly/EeU7MO2

i wanted to make a thread of my favorite youtube channels bc i watch a lot of video essays so here it is! these are in no particular order! 🧵
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And, to restate, I'm deliberately staying out of what *I personally* think of kink or contentious content, because I want to talk about how it could be practically enforced. (I don't think it can, basically, by sheer volume, but it can be attempted in a way to minimize obvious harm.)

Any code of conduct that has to be given to a person to moderate has to be understood for it to be useful. Considering human-moderation is notoriously psychologically damaging, some kind of automated moderation could be useful, but *also* loses that nuance of meaning.

I don't think bsky has the perfect answer. I don't think *anyone* has the perfect answer. I do think this is a clearer delineation between cases a moderator can say would be acceptable, and cases where it isn't, and that is *what people had asked for before*.

And while kink *can* indeed be great, therapeutic, what is healing to one can be triggering, or even encouraging, to another. Yes, self-moderation can be enforced, but that's likely to lead to a lot of echo chambers and segmenting. It's not just the target audience, it's periphery.

One of the reasons IG, chatgpt and other AI have been on *blast* lately is their perpetuating of self-harm, ED, and ideation content. Giving bsky the grounds to say 'this is encouraging it' and 'this is supporting understanding and recovery' sounds closer to clear delineation than censorship.

So... please don't be mad or angry. I want to discuss this, and I'm not leading whether I agree or don't agree with you. I want to understand.

The way I'm reading this, bsky is making carveouts for content that is a middle-of-the-road positive way of discussing triggering content.

Bookcase full of books on comiccraft, manga making, writing, drawing, rendering, design, and japanese language. All the sections are arranged by height, and pushed back with ample foreshelf space.

Bookcase full of books on comiccraft, manga making, writing, drawing, rendering, design, and japanese language. This time all the book's spines are pulled up and even with the shelf's edge.

Hey book nerds are we a 'push all the books to the back so we have trinket display space' kinda crowd, or a 'pull all the books to the front to make it all satisfying' kinda crowd?

A plate of spaghetti squash in an orange-brownb sauce with walnuts next to a side caesar salad

Spaghetti squash with walnut and garlic butter sauce and caesar salad.

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"A cow has four stomachs" — Graze Anatomy

.... while we're at it can we stop making wishes sound dumb and childish, disney, and also stop fetishizing and marketing fascism because you want to sell team edward team jacob house merch? Please?

There's both at once- the issue comes from when a work evoking despair to showcase real suffering becomes entertainment, soapboxing, or the worst, mundane. Whimsy becomes lotus-eating denial, or unprocessed memes of futures to emulate.

The irony and sincerity no longer work as satirical catalyst.

An ollllllld, OOOOOLLLLDDDD thesis of mine was wondering if there was a correlation in positive vibe media and fantasy as escapism from a harsh world, and ruminating disaster as excitement in bland stability.

:thinkies: is cottagecore and tradlife the modern iteration of Pastorale?

Heyo chat-- is this from the latest stream that just wrapped up? I've got a side essay project that.... might be related? and I'd love a timestamp for context to check it out.

The lettering is done in simulated sidewalk chalk. Next time you think art doesn't matter, consider how scared the fascist are of sidewalk chalk.

Next they'll outlaw playing hopscotch. 🏳️‍🌈

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My cheekbones are high/prominent and also magical. A bit ago, felt like it would rain in 30 minutes. Weather apps said 40. It's specifically raining in my area 30 minutes later, not on radar.

perks of arthritis?

The “just make it exist first, you can make it good later” image.

you actually don’t even gotta do the second step, unless you’re some sorta nerd or whatever

A friend just posted this list of mine on the other site for her comics students, so I thought I should post it here as well.