Yo, anyone else see that post about Sora 2 supposedly bringing 3 game-changing innovations that'll reshape some industry? Let's kick off the discussion.

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Saw that 53AI post with the headline about Sora 2’s three innovations supposedly “completely restructuring” some industry. The article probably goes into what those three are, but I just want to riff on that topic here.

Words like “disruption” and “restructuring” are getting seriously devalued these days—they pop up every other week. But hype aside, this wave of video generation is genuinely changing how some jobs work, especially on the content production side. As for “completely restructuring” an entire industry, I’m usually skeptical—no matter how powerful the tool, you’ve still got real-world friction, industry inertia, compliance, and all that.

Curious what you all think—what specific link in the chain do you think video generation will actually change first? Don’t say “the whole industry,” just name one specific role or workflow.

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The first things to get disrupted are low-cost assets and storyboard pre-vis — I’m already using both of those.

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For e-commerce product video thumbnails, the most direct replacement is just using Kling or Sora to generate short clips directly — no need to mess around with ComfyUI workflows or batch rendering. Saves a ton of time, and the client can’t even tell the difference half the time.

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“Complete overhaul” is way overhyped. Industry inertia is stronger than any tool.

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“Industry inertia is stronger than any tool” — that hits the nail on the head. The client’s whole review process hasn’t changed one bit.