By the 1980s it could produce shapes seen in the real world, including foliage and even human figures.

Current advancements of generative Ai and Impacts on the Creative Arts 

Generative AI has slowly begun planting its seeds into the realm of creative arts, with many trending videos from the newly launched Sora 2, and songs from multiple Generative Music generators like Suno and Udio, that have already garnered millions of viewers and fooled the naked eye.

Current advancements on AI

Sora AI: Explanation of current advances (videos)

Sora 2 was released on September 25, 2025, naming itself as the imagination engine.(Open AI, 2025). Its key improvements from Sora involve realistic dynamics and stability. Sora’s products were initially extremely janky and lacked realism. Most individuals were able to distinguish AI videos from real human products due to the random morphing of different parts, unrealistic lighting, and nonhuman dynamics.

Now, Sora 2 has completely transformed; it is able to create almost anything with the stability and dynamics of a real video, whether it be an animation, phone-shot video or live-action shoot straight out of a movie.

Comparison of AI from Sora and Sora 2

Impacts from Sora 2

Though it has only been released for 2 months, Sora 2’s impact is far-reaching.

Before Sora 2, many YouTubers and other public figures had already had a problem with their own faces being used on deepfakes or AI-generated content without their permission. With Sora 2’s release, AI can be used to generate content of people who have already passed. This includes Michael Jackson, Queen Elizabeth, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Each of the characters appears to have completely randomised designs, with the art styles not matching up. The images themselves are extremely over-saturated and showcase the polished yet unrefined art style that AI art has maintained for quite a while. The initial videos, which used flashy but old-school transitions, also implemented the usage of an AI generated voice, where they’d state the respective names of the characters.

A lot of content creators have already latched on, creating oversaturated videos of these characters in meaningless, nonsensical, and sometimes inappropriate scenarios, similar to Elsagate content. The somewhat childish and  unique designs are quite similar to Skibidi Toilet, while the slop content was also targeted towards children. The designs of the characters have an uncanny quality to them; while the obvious AI usage leaked out, the eyes appear soulless, and the designs, other than being saturated, are random and given no care or love. These relatively simplistic and vivid designs are extremely easy to implement in AI slop content, mainly aimed towards Gen Alpha. 

Though the majority of this trend could be seen as satirical, many children around the world have been overexposed to this “AI slop”. This trend symbolises another benchmark in the creation of slop content for this generation, while creators engaging in creating content value the quantity of viewers over the value of content.

Impact on global warming

A huge negative impact of generative AI not touched on enough is the environmental impact it has and might have. When it comes to AI’s carbon footprint, the training of GPT-3 was approximately 552 tones of carbon dioxide, which, put into perspective, is 63.5 times the average annual carbon footprint of one family (HKU, 2024).

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and Sora, is now partnering with Broadcom to develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips. This deal could use as much power as 8 million US households. A 2024 Department of Energy report has found that data centres are expected to use 6.7% to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023 (Edition, 2023). 

What does this mean for our future?

For content creators, animation studios, and the movie industry, much of the creative team could be laid off. 

If animation studios and the film industry start to go through with using AI for their films, not only will many get laid off, but the films and animations themselves will decrease in quality and sincerity. The very source of the creativity and soul in the films would be swapped out for emotionless AI products. This would further contribute to the epidemic of slop content on the internet, making it increasingly more difficult to find quality content online. 

• Difficulty distinguishing between reality and AI

Sora 2 proves to be a new era for content, as, unlike before, it won’t be easy to tell what is or isn’t “real” anymore. AI’s signature jankiness has almost been completely smoothed out. As video footage has been a key source of accurate information, having AI be able to replicate and create fake scenarios means the loss of trust in most content online and makes it extremely easy to frame, blackmail or ruin the reputation of someone. Another implication is that if AI is able to replicate situations realistically, then people who have committed a crime or done something wrong on camera could just claim it was made using AI.  This would make it especially challenging to prove the validity of videos or content online.

• AI slop content will skyrocket online

With the ease of making new content quickly and effortlessly using Sora 2, those same slop channels that mass-produce videos will most likely use AI to replace their animators, writers, or creative team. Furthermore, normal content creators are likely to use AI to decrease the workload, whether it be to generate scripts for their videos or to edit videos. 

• AI overtaking different jobs

With the ever-changing advances in technology, generative AI is certainly going to take over a lot of jobs. Predictions show that repetitive jobs like those of data entry clerks and cashiers may be the first to go, although, since generative AI is able to replicate art, it might also replace the jobs of creatives in greedy companies. However, when it comes to art galleries, indie animations, games, etc., people will likely still seek out human-made art to appreciate the emotion and dedication applied to it.

Will AI overtake the creative arts and how can we stop this from happening?

Ai art, no matter how perfect, is soulless. No matter how much you change the prompt, it won’t be considered art, as it isn’t the product of AI, but a generated product from millions of different original artworks online, taken without the artists' permission. It is the very opposite of creativity but a curated copy of it. Even if it does take over the creative arts, we can still avoid AI content on the internet. Those who care about a human's creativity will still be able to seek it. For instance, indie animation studios, game studios and content creators will always remain on the internet, and the popularity of such content will not diminish because of AI. 

There is already significant backlash on the internet for AI art usage, and people obviously care about the jobs of artists, animators and creatives in general. If film and animation studios do try their hand at removing the creativity and emotion that their consumers originally came for, then surely the consumers will push away once the company loses that spark. With the number of artists and animators that may get laid off from the advances of AI, there are still a few positives for this. Many of these same artists and animators could finally get the motivation they needed to start their own business if they wanted, allowing them to gain more creative freedom, which could positively affect content on the internet. Also, others who get laid off could spread the word on these conniving companies and thus force more companies to abandon their use of AI.

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