Here’s the long and short—Sora 2 is basically what happens if TikTok and DALL-E sneak off to Vegas for the weekend. You punch in a weird prompt, maybe toss in a pic, and a 15-second AI fever dream rolls out with voices and music synced up scarily well. Like others have said, the remixing and “insert yourself” stuff? Super fun and dangerously easy (I made my cat moonwalk to lo-fi one minute, terrified my partner with a deepfaked cameo the next).
BUT. The 10–16 sec video limit is killer; you can’t do any narrative justice. Even Vine let you try threading together ideas! The quality is…fine for memes, not for anything resembling a polished ad or a short film. It’s currently invite/iOS/US-Canada only, which is elitist in a tech world that brags about democratization. Also: don’t expect continuity—characters morph like they’re haunted, and mid-clip lighting changes gave my friend whiplash.
Where I do disagree a tad with earlier takes: I think the questionable copyright/ownership situation isn’t just a background issue. If you plan to put content public or do brand work, the legal black hole is a giant “proceed with caution” sign, not a minor inconvenience. Remixing is genius for group chats, but risky in anything with a professional angle.
Alternatives? Sora 2 has more style options than Meta’s basic text-to-video tools and “Suno” for AI audio, but the others have far fewer restrictions if you’re not trying to get viral memes going.
TL;DR: Awesome for group jokes and experimenting, terrible for long-form, actual content creation, or anything where you need reliability or copyright clarity. Use Sora 2 if you want short, weird AI fun—don’t even glance at it for your next big project pitch.