I used Sora to quickly develop a video for a skit or to see if something can be done via AI.

I used Sora as an outlet for my creativity. Now we have Veo and Meta

That’s… that’s not creativity though. You just typed a prompt, not made the thing yourself. It’s the polar opposite of being creative, you outsourced the joy of being creative to a machine that doesn’t understand what creativity even is.

All of the joy of being creative comes not just from the initial spark, but from the entire process. The fun and joy I get when I draw my pixel art comes from the whole experience. Not from the idea that I started with. The challenges and obstacles add to the experience, cutting them out makes it a hollow, meaningless thing.

All for what? Some instant gratification that you get because it can spit out some slop quickly? Slop that you will instantly forget about since you had no real role in its creation? People like you make a mockery of art and the creative process.

That’s… that’s not creativity though. You just typed a prompt, not made the thing yourself. It’s the polar opposite of being creative, you outsourced the joy of being creative to a machine that doesn’t understand what creativity even is.

Have you made a song or a video using AI before?

I yes the old tired argument of “you haven’t done it before so you don’t know.”

I thought we outgrew that one in 5th grade.

No I haven’t either, I don’t know what’s involved in AI-ing your way to a song like this:

suno.com/…/978f2814-221d-40a7-adc4-f31d0d1bed43

Gabi Belle did a brilliant deep dive on the topic if you’re interested here