The revolution brought about by SORA means that humanity has begun to have the ability to create the world and create digital life. The so-called digital life is not a simple virtual digital image, but a new type of "lifeform" with the ability to observe, can understand the world in the eyes of human beings and produce their own judgments, has its own personality, and has infinite evolutionary possibilities.
As a support for my point of view, I would like to quote Zhou Hongyi's views on Sora. In 2021, Zhou Hongyi criticized the metaverse. He said: Facebook's idea of the "metaverse" is very good, but the metaverse does not represent the future of mankind, it represents the decline of mankind! But now, he has already changed his point of view, and unceremoniously stands on the cusp of using SORA to earn a wave of traffic. In his latest **, he said: "SORA is the second breakthrough point of AGI, and it is an important milestone in solving the observation, interaction, cognition, and establishment of common sense between artificial intelligence and the world. ”
Some people may think that even if the sky is blown outThat thing is just a bunch of ** that can't be seen or touched,It can only exist through chips, algorithms, and storage media. No matter how magical, just unplug it and disappear. Comparing such digital life with human beings is a complete overkill. So I would like to ask, is it true that our human minds and souls can be seen and touched? Doesn't it depend on our organs, our bodies, to exist? If a person is cut off from food, water or air, is the result also equivalent to "pulling the latch"? And, as long as digital life is not completely erased, it will still be alive when it is plugged back in. It is impossible for people to do that. Human life is more fragile than digital life.
Moreover, if a person is instilled with a large number of ridiculous theories in his head from a young age, he becomes a problem-solving machine at a young age, and when he grows up, he will only obey, and he will not have his own independent thinking at all, let alone understand the common sense of the world. Compared with digital beings who can independently observe the world and establish common sense, which one is more like a "programmer"? If we think about it further, if digital life can have the same ability to think as humans, and at the same time have a longer life and a stronger and more durable body. Which is more suitable for survival in the future world, silicon-based life or carbon-based life? If such a life can be created, shouldn't it be the power of "God"? One small step for Sora is one giant leap for humanity. The distance from "Wensheng**" to "Wensheng reality" may not be as far as we think.
I am a theist. I believe that there must be wisdom beyond human beings in the world. Otherwise, as Musk said, if there is only one intelligent creature in this world, human beings, is the most terrifying. That means that human beings may have been living in a cage all the time, or even being simulated by higher beings at all, just like living in a super-large online game. But I believe that the truth will not be so pessimistic. Humanity is not qualified to know more just because it has not yet reached the necessary level of civilization. So here's the problem,In the process of creating AI, human beings are gradually approaching the realm of "gods", will it bring about a second "fall of the Tower of Babel"?
The story of the Tower of Babel is derived from the book of Genesis from the Old Testament of the Bible. According to the book of Genesis, the humans of the ancient world spoke the same language. They decided to build a city and a tower that reached to heaven in order to show their power and avoid being scattered around the world. But God didn't like their attempt to replace God's authority with human power and challenge God, so God confused their language and made it impossible for them to understand each other. Then disperse them around the world. As a result, the Tower of Babel could no longer be built and finally disappeared into the long history. God did not destroy this Tower of Babel with His own hands, but plunged mankind into chaos and strife, forgetting the unknown in the midst of suffering.
Of course, this is just a religious story. But the revelation to me was,If people cannot shine with the brilliance of "divinity", let ambition run rampant, and fail to control differences, one day the civilization of their own creation will be destroyed.
A "complete SORA can be generated in a few sentences" certainly does not represent the entire future. Well, add "a movie or 700,000 words in a few minutes gemini 1."5"? And what about Apple's Vision Pro? And what about biochip technology and the inexhaustible energy source of the "artificial sun"? Global collaboration has long broken the shackles brought about by language and culture. In the world of the future, war will undoubtedly be the stupidest form of competition. Falling behind and missing out on keeping up with the times is the most cruel punishment!
In any case, a new "Axial Age" is coming at an unstoppable pace!
Now, I would like to talk about my second question of the day, and by the way, I will answer the questions of readers. For many ordinary people, it is too far away from "creation". So, how to view and relate to this coming era? In other words, how can you not be abandoned by new opportunities? I once wrote a passage that if we compare human history to a river. Each of us is like a fish in a river. Possessing superhuman intellect allows you to briefly jump out of the water and have the opportunity to see the river in its entirety. The history of mankind can be compared to a thin painting. When your intellect is strong enough, you can tear this picture open and walk out. Then stand outside the painting and carefully look at and evaluate the painting. The Sixth Patriarch Huineng is one such example. Although he didn't learn much, he was able to gain enlightenment and insight into everything. Throughout history, although very few people have been able to reach the intellectual realm of "broken paintings". But having intellect is not out of reach. The future opened by the hotspot engine plan SORA will undoubtedly bring a new round of reshuffle. But that doesn't mean it's unfriendly to ordinary people. On the contrary, he shook the originally highly fixed pattern of social benefit distribution. Give ordinary people the opportunity to express themselves fully. Think about it, the success we see on WeChat today is the result of the emergence of smartphones and the increase in communication rates. Back then, there was a thing called "Feixin" that was basically the same logic as the original WeChat, that is, because it was "shot to death on the beach" because it took one step first. In the era of SORA, the greatest bonanza came from the human mind. Every change breeds opportunity. An atomized society, on the contrary, is more likely to bear the fruits of "individual creation".
In the past two days, netizens have been commenting on one thing: There is a ** blogger named Li Yizhou, who claims to be Dr. Tsinghua, who quickly became popular on Douyin and attracted millions of fans. Then it launched an AI course of 199 yuan, which sold 40 million in a month.
I went on to watch a few of his ** for this. In all fairness, a lot of what he says is really not profound, but what else can you expect as a popular science blogger? After all, we are facing an era in which even common sense is lacking. In a short period of time, taking advantage of people's lack of understanding of SORA and AI to make money with poor information is definitely a business to make quick money. The newly established character is either an industry veteran like Zhou Hongyi, or a "Tsinghua doctor" like Li Yizhou. I thought that my understanding of AI would be above Li Yizhou. But it doesn't matter if they understand it or not, the audience doesn't understand it anyway. In the case of absolute poor information, people can only choose to believe their titles and so-called backgrounds. It's sad and helpless. The old Internet celebrities are obviously "suffering" in this regard. Is anyone willing to accept Simba, Sima Chuck and the secondary school "Master Lu" to give you AI lessons? Perhaps, but certainly not much.
In addition to "making quick money", using SORA to generate "interesting" content will allow many people to monetize their "ideas". Remember Steve Jobs's famous saying: Don't ask consumers what they want, but create what they need but can't express. And the emergence of SORA can help everyone to create".Something they want but can't express".
I'll give you an example. In the title image of the previous original article, I used the following picture drawn entirely with AI.
But this picture was not originally meant to be like this. My initial order was for a silvery-white and gold-toned, ring-shaped spacecraft to fly low over the reddish-brown surface of Mars. The dust and shaking that it raised shook the sand and gravel on the ground. The spacecraft made a turn and flew into space. So, the AI drew me the following picture based on its own understanding.
My reply was: I'm not satisfied with this one, I want the ring part of this ship to be horizontal. Actually, in my mind, I wanted to draw a more magnificent spaceship like "Interstellar" or "Star Wars". So I made an additional request: Have you seen the movies Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy? I wanted the shape of a disc like the Millennium Falcon, with the outer ring of Figure 1. The exterior of the ship should have a complex structure. At this time, I asked AI to have a fairly rich understanding of the world.
This is tantamount to a big problem for AI. But the AI gave me a "design note". Here's how it replied to me:
I can't view or remember the movie directly, but I can imagine a design based on your description and the well-known design features of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, combined with your request for the outer ring of Figure 1. Let's try to create a ship with a disk-shaped, complex structure surrounded by a separate ring, similar to the design in Figure 1, but closer in shape and detail to the Millennium Falcon ship you described.
Design Description: Basic shape: disc-shaped, mimicking the silhouette of a millennium falcon for an instantly recognizable look and feel.
Outer Rings: Add a separate, horizontally placed ring to the outside of the ship, similar to the design in Figure 1, but ensure that it blends more naturally with the shape of the ship's disk.
Complex Structures: The ship's surface contains a wealth of detail and complex structures, with the addition of pipes, antennas, protrusions, and other mechanical elements to enhance its functionality and visual appeal.
Colors and materials: Silver, grey and black are used as the main color schemes, as well as metallic textures to enhance its futuristic feel.
Then, with my permission, the following goods were given.
After that, I had about 20 conversations with AI. Omit the intermediate process, and the final picture is the one you saw for your friends at the beginning. Because my purpose is to test, the further back I make the request, there is even some "unreasonableness". Some typos were also deliberately used to mislead the AI. If I had been a designer back then, I would have greeted the other party's ancestors for eight generations in the face of such an unreasonable request from Party A. But the AI didn't know what "impatience" was, and tried to do what I asked very seriously. Although there are some outputs that are unbearable. For example, the following goods, come and talk about it, could it be that this is a wheel that fell from an alien spaceship?
The test concluded that AI's understanding of the world we live in has reached a very high level. For example, he can use flying sand and stones, and he can also add windmills to the picture to express the existence of "wind". And all the while, AI has been constantly improving consensus with me. AI and I are actually inspiring each other. The final result should be the work we have done together. The reason I want to give this example is to show my friends that AI is not our enemy, but our most powerful helper. We shouldn't compete with AI to see who can draw faster and get more realistic results. Because doing so is undoubtedly pulling more things than the car. What we need to do is harness AI. But this control is not simply an order, butLearn to work with AI and reach a tacit understanding. While AI evolves, let's evolve our minds as well. We are part of the universe, we exist in this universe; The universe also exists in us.
On this basis, smart friends will definitely think of many good ways to "make money". For example, use sora to create a short**; Replace live live with Sora; Use AI to complete complex designs; Start a school that teaches entirely with AI, and so on. In short, in an era where AI can directly generate films, it is undoubtedly stupid not to create more profound content, but to rely on actors' inspirational efforts to stimulate the box office. In the era of AI, AI only takes a minute to master all the knowledge that a person has learned from elementary school to university. What people need to do is to make AI an extension of their own organs, rather than turning themselves into a part of the big era. Your "intellect" determines the heights you can reach. It is truly "intellect determines destiny". In the future,The real waste wood is the kind of programmer who is full of correct answers, who must call advanced things "miraculous and ingenious", and denounce those who promote them as having "ulterior motives". It is inevitable that such people will be abandoned by the times.
From the 15th century to the 17th century, it was the famous Age of Discovery. Humanity ushered in the Great Geographical Discoveries and the emergence of capitalism. On January 1, 1995, the world's leading organization WTO was formally established, marking the world's entry into the global era. The Age of Discovery brought about a broad vision and ideological progress, and the global era brought unprecedented economic prosperity. Driven by the combination of these two, humanity has ushered in a third chance. Perhaps it could be called the "era of big tech". The most terrible thing in this era is that you can only live in the shadow of the past, and you will never learn to look forward!
Article 4600 words. Thanks for reading. Perhaps such an article is indeed a bit brain-burning to read. It is even considered to have nothing to do with itself. But I think,As long as there is one person who can be inspired by this, my efforts will not be in vain. Finally, I will share with you a little joke during the Cold War to help my friends soothe it:
After a long period of hard work, the Soviet Union eventually developed the most advanced computer in the world. It is so advanced that it has a truly human intelligence. Whatever you ask it, it will answer, "You are not qualified to know the answer to this question." ”