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If OpenAI’s SORA Artists Complained About Free Pizza Instead

Artists leaked SORA API. “We Are Not Your Unpaid Taste-Testers!”

Ondrej Svoboda
2 min readNov 28, 2024

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Montage of one of the shots generated via leaked SORA API and a pizza generated via Midjourney. Screenshot from YouTube, montage by the author.

┌∩┐(◣◢)┌∩┐ DEAR PIZZA CHAIN OVERLORDS ┌∩┐(◣◢)┌∩┐

We received a free pizza with the promise to be honest reviewers, quality testers and valued customers. However, we believe instead we are being lured into “satisfaction washing” to tell the world that this pizza is a 5-star meal.

CUSTOMERS ARE NOT YOUR UNPAID MARKETING TEAM

☠️ we are not your: free taste testers, social media promoters, review farmers, viral content creators ☠️

Hundreds of pizza lovers provide unpaid feedback through taste testing, reviews and Instagram posts for a $10B valued company. While hundreds contribute for free, a select few will be chosen through a competition to have their pizza-eating experiences featured — offering minimal compensation which pales in comparison to the substantial PR and marketing value PizzaCorp receives.

▌║█║▌║█║▌║ DENORMALIZE BILLION DOLLAR CHAINS EXPLOITING CUSTOMERS FOR UNPAID MARKETING ║▌║█║▌║█║▌

Furthermore, every review needs to be approved by the PizzaCorp team before posting. This free pizza program appears to be less about honest feedback and critique, and more about PR and…

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Ondrej Svoboda
Ondrej Svoboda

Written by Ondrej Svoboda

Smart home enthusiast, Team leader in IT, Technophile, Proud parent, Improv practitioner, Latent filmmaker and magician, Multipotentialite

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