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The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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236 points inesranzo | 5 comments | 11 Dec 25 14:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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otterley ◴[11 Dec 25 16:03 UTC] No.46233086[source]▶
What mad world are we living in where Disney — Disney — is paying someone to lose control over its IP?
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DarkNova6 ◴[11 Dec 25 18:04 UTC] No.46234783[source]▶
Disney has been a wannabe tech company for the longest of times. They started the streaming Wars with Disney+ and have had massive spend on AI already. There is virtually no creative or artistic talent left in the company.
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torginus ◴[11 Dec 25 18:29 UTC] No.46235085{3}[source]▶
Isn't Disney on of the oldest tech companies of all time?

The engineering that goes into their parks is insane, and they have been consistently pushing live experiences. The logistics that goes on in the background to let as many people as possible have a good experience is also insane.

And that's just Disneyland. There's a guy on youtube who makes fascinating hour-long documentaries about every aspect of Disneyland.

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1. _fzslm ◴[11 Dec 25 19:55 UTC] No.46236302{4}[source]▶
> There's a guy on youtube who makes fascinating hour-long documentaries about every aspect of Disneyland.

you can't nerdsnipe me like that and NOT drop a link. :p

what's the channel?

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2. neom ◴[11 Dec 25 20:05 UTC] No.46236414[source]▶
Not OP but if you do wanna see some good youtube that shows what Disney knows about computering, the Disney research hub is super fun: https://www.youtube.com/@DisneyResearchHub/videos

I remember when I first saw Stickman in 2018 I thought it would be amazing if they continued it all the way out, they went pretty far with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFtNcGnroa8 to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGOY4KaLLNw

3. otterley ◴[11 Dec 25 20:54 UTC] No.46237005[source]▶
If you’re a Disney+ subscriber, be sure to watch The Imagineering Story miniseries. Fun fact, it was directed by Leslie Iwerks, who’s the granddaughter of Ubbe Iwerks, the co-creator of Mickey Mouse alongside Walt Disney.
4. steveklabnik ◴[11 Dec 25 21:02 UTC] No.46237101[source]▶
Not your parent, but I'd expect they mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defunctland
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5. nubianwarrior ◴[11 Dec 25 21:35 UTC] No.46237491[source]▶
His recent videos on Imagineering's animatronics and "Living Characters" was incredible.