Manuel Sainsily & Will Selviz · Sora Showcase

We’re continuing to slowly expand Sora testing to more creatives (digital VFX pioneers, architects, choreographers, engineering artists, and creative entrepreneurs) to help us understand the model’s capabilities and limitations, shaping the next phase of research to create increasingly safe AI systems over time. While access is still extremely limited while safety testing is underway, we wanted to celebrate these artists’ work with their reflections on how they use Sora in their process. (The underlying visuals were generated solely with Sora without any VFX, but artists added sound and edited using traditional filmmaking software.) @ is a multidisciplinary artist and TED speaker. Will Selviz is an immersive director, creative entrepreneur and founder at RENDRD, specializing in emerging tech adoption and computer graphics. Together they created the short film Protopica, which poses the question: ‘What if our lives are the result of intricate choices crafted long before our current existence?’” Sainsily and Selviz shared that Sora was most useful for “rapid prototyping and non-linear iterations to develop a visual aesthetic early in the process.” The voice-over is Guadeloupean Creole spoken by Manuel Sainsily.