The Reading / Listening - Sora Text-to-Video - Level 0

Actor Tyler Perry is worried actors will lose jobs because of AI. He has delayed spending money on his new studio. He will wait to see how AI affects jobs. He is worried about OpenAI's new text-to-video tool, Sora. He told a Hollywood website there has to be some rules to protect people from AI.

Sora can make minute-long videos. People type some text and the software creates a video. Sora means "sky" in Japanese. The name shows Sora's "limitless creative potential". Tyler Perry said he is worried about what Sora will do to people in the movie industry, including actors and editors.

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    Sora Text-to-Video - Level 1 Sora Text-to-Video - Level 2   or  Sora Text-to-Video - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tyler-perry-ai-alarm-1235833276/
  • https://openai.com/sora
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_(text-to-video_model)


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Actor Tyler Perry is
  2. actors will lose
  3. He has delayed spending
  4. his new
  5. He will wait to
  6. how AI
  7. OpenAI's new text-to-video
  8. there has to
  1. see
  2. affects jobs
  3. jobs
  4. tool
  5. money
  6. studio
  7. be some rules
  8. worried

Paragraph 2

  1. Sora can make minute-
  2. People type some
  3. the software
  4. Sora means "sky"
  5. The name shows Sora's limitless
  6. Tyler Perry said
  7. what Sora will
  8. in the movie
  1. creates a video
  2. do to people
  3. text
  4. creative potential
  5. long videos
  6. industry
  7. in Japanese
  8. he is worried

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Actor Tyler Perry (1) ___________________ will lose jobs because of AI. He (2) ___________________ money on (3) ___________________. He will wait to see how AI affects jobs. He is worried about OpenAI's new (4) __________________ tool, Sora. He told a Hollywood (5) ___________________ to be some rules to (6) ___________________ AI.

Sora (7) _________________-long videos. People (8) _________________ and the software (9) ___________________. Sora means "sky" in Japanese. The name shows Sora's "(10) ___________________". Tyler Perry said he is (11) ___________________ Sora will do to people in the movie industry, including (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ActorTylerPerryisworriedactorswilllosejobsbecauseofAI.Hehasdela
yedspendingmoneyonhisnewstudio.HewillwaittoseehowAIaffectsjo
bs.HeisworriedaboutOpenAI'snewtext-to-videotool,Sora.HetoldaH
ollywoodwebsitetherehastobesomerulestoprotectpeoplefromAI.Sor
acanmakeminute-longvideos.Peopletypesometextandthesoftwar
ecreatesavideo.Sorameans"sky"inJapanese.ThenameshowsSora's"
limitlesscreativepotential".TylerPerrysaidheisworriedaboutwhatSor
awilldotopeopleinthemovieindustry,includingactorsandeditors.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

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Discussion — Write your own questions

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