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Hollywood actor says OpenAI Sora could cause job losses (7th March 2024)

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Hollywood producer and actor Tyler Perry is worried that AI will cause job losses in the movie industry. He gave a personal example of how this is happening now. He said he had plans for an $800 million studio expansion. He has delayed going ahead with this project. Instead, he is waiting to see what happens with AI. He thinks AI will have a big impact on jobs. He told "The Hollywood Reporter" website about his worries. He said: "There's got to be some sort of regulations in order to protect us [from AI]. If not, I just don't see how we survive." He said OpenAI's new text-to-video tool, Sora, made him delay his work on his studio. He said his project is, "on hold because of Sora and what I'm seeing."

Sora is a new tool that can generate videos up to a minute long. All the user has to do is type a prompt, and the software will create a video. It can also create a video from a photo. Sora has been named after the Japanese word for sky. The New York Times said this was to show the tool's "limitless creative potential". Tyler Perry said he understood how useful AI will be in film-making. However, he worries about job losses. He said: "It makes me worry so much about all of the people in the business. I immediately started thinking of everyone in the industry who would be affected by this, including actors…and editors." He added: "I'm thinking this will touch every corner of our industry."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Sora Text-to-Video - Level 0, Sora Text-to-Video - Level 1 or Sora Text-to-Video - Level 2

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 :-)

Warm-ups

1. TEXT-TO-VIDEO SOFTWARE: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about text-to-video software. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
producer / actor / job losses / studio / Hollywood / regulations / survive / text / video
prompt / software / sky / creative / potential / business / industry / editors / corner
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. NO MORE AI: Students A strongly believe we should stop AI from getting more advanced; Students B strongly believe otherwise. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. THE MOVIE INDUSTRY: How important are these movie-industry people? Why would you (not) like to do their job? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Importance	(Not) Doing Their Job
Producer
Director
Costume designer
Stunt person
Camera operator
Editor

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5. ACTOR: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "actor". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. AI JOBS: Rank these with your partner. Put the jobs AI cannot replace at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

Film makers
Teachers
Journalists
Doctors
Lawyers
Sales assistants
Taxi drivers
Police officers

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	producer	a.	When something is paused or stopped for a while.
2.	losses	b.	When something like a building is made bigger.
3.	expansion	c.	When something affects something else.
4.	delayed	d.	Someone who makes things, like movies or music.
5.	impact	e.	A rule that everyone needs to follow.
6.	regulation	f.	Not having something you used to have, like a job or money.
7.	on hold	g.	When something happens later than expected.

Paragraph 2

8.	generate	h.	The possibility that something can happen.
9.	prompt	i.	Right away; instantly.
10.	limitless	j.	People who check and improve written work, music and movies.
11.	potential	k.	A hint or suggestion to help you do something.
12.	immediately	l.	A group of people in the same kind of business who do the same job.
13.	industry	m.	Without end.
14.	editor	n.	To create or make something.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

Tyler Perry has delayed plans to make a movie studio bigger. T / F
Tyler Perry thinks AI will not have such a big impact on jobs. T / F
Tyler Perry wants to work as a Hollywood reporter. T / F
Tyler Perry wants more rules to protect workers. T / F
Sora can create videos that are up to 30 minutes long. T / F
The name Sora comes from the Japanese word for tiger. T / F
Tyler Perry said AI would be very useful for movie makers. T / F
Tyler Perry wants to touch every corner of the movie industry. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

worried
cause
delayed
impact
regulations
limitless
potential
immediately
industry
touch

effect
rules
possibilities
result in
reach
instantly
concerned
business
infinite
put off

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

worried that AI will cause job losses
he had plans for an $800 million
He thinks AI will have a big
some sort of regulations in order
He said his project is hold
a new tool that can generate
show the tool's limitless creative
It makes me worry
I immediately started thinking
this will touch every

videos up to a minute long
to protect us
so much
studio expansion
corner of our industry
on
in the movie industry
of everyone
impact on jobs
potential

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

delayed
protect
project
producer
expansion
survive
personal
impact

Hollywood (1) _____________________ and actor Tyler Perry is worried that AI will cause job losses in the movie industry. He gave a (2) _____________________ example of how this is happening now. He said he had plans for an $800 million studio (3) _____________________. He has (4) _____________________ going ahead with this project. Instead, he is waiting to see what happens with AI. He thinks AI will have a big (5) _____________________ on jobs. He told "The Hollywood Reporter" website about his worries. He said: "There's got to be some sort of regulations in order to (6) _____________________ us [from AI]. If not, I just don't see how we (7) _____________________." He said OpenAI's new text-to-video tool, Sora, made him delay his work on his studio. He said his (8) _____________________ is, "on hold because of Sora and what I'm seeing."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

prompt
losses
tool
affected
industry
sky
creative
corner

Sora is a new (9) _____________________ that can generate videos up to a minute long. All the user has to do is type a (10) _____________________, and the software will create a video. It can also create a video from a photo. Sora has been named after the Japanese word for (11) _____________________. The New York Times said this was to show the tool's "limitless (12) _____________________ potential". Tyler Perry said he understood how useful AI will be in film-making. However, he worries about job (13) _____________________. He said: "It makes me worry so much about all of the people in the business. I immediately started thinking of everyone in the (14) _____________________ who would be (15) _____________________ by this, including actors…and editors." He added: "I'm thinking this will touch every (16) _____________________ of our industry."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) Hollywood producer and actor Tyler Perry is worried that AI will ______
     a. cause job loses
     b. cause job loss is
     c. cause job losses
     d. cause job roses
2) He said he had plans for an $800 ______
     a. million studio expand shun
     b. million studio expanding
     c. million studio expansion
     d. million studio ex pants on
3) what happens with AI. He thinks AI will have a big ______
     a. compact on jobs
     b. in pact on jobs
     c. imp acting jobs
     d. impact on jobs
4) There's got to be some sort of regulations in order ______
     a. to project us
     b. to protest us
     c. to biotech us
     d. to protect us
5) He said his project is, "on hold because of Sora and ______."
     a. what I'm seeing
     b. what I'm see in
     c. what I'm seen
     d. what I'm seen in

6) Sora is a new tool that can generate videos up to ______
     a. a minute longs
     b. a minute long
     c. a minute wrong
     d. a minute along
7) All the user has to do is ______
     a. tie per prompt
     b. tie par prompt
     c. type a prompt
     d. type per prompt
8) The New York Times said this was to show the tool's ______
     a. limitless creative potentate
     b. limitless creative potentially
     c. limitless creative potential
     d. limitless creative potent shall
9) I immediately started thinking of everyone in the industry who would be ______
     a. infected by this
     b. reflected by this
     c. effected by this
     d. affected by this
10) He added: "I'm thinking this will touch every corner ______."
     a. of our industry
     b. of your industry
     c. offer industry
     d. if an industry

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Hollywood (1) ____________________ Tyler Perry is worried that AI will cause job losses in the movie industry. He gave a (2) ____________________ how this is happening now. He said he had plans for an $800 million studio expansion. He has (4) ____________________ with this project. Instead, he is waiting to see what happens with AI. He thinks AI will have a (5) ____________________ jobs. He told "The Hollywood Reporter" website about his worries. He said: "There's got to be some sort of regulations in order to protect us [from AI]. If not, I just don't see (6) ____________________." He said OpenAI's new text-to-video tool, Sora, made him delay his work on his studio. He said his project is, "(7) ____________________ of Sora and what I'm seeing."

Sora is a new tool that can (8) ____________________ to a minute long. All the user has to do is (9) ____________________, and the software will create a video. It can also create a video from a photo. Sora has been named after the Japanese (10) ____________________. The New York Times said this was to show the tool's "(11) ____________________". Tyler Perry said he understood how useful AI will be in film-making. However, he worries (12) ____________________. He said: "It makes me worry so much about all of the people in the business. I immediately started thinking of everyone in the industry who would (13) ____________________ this, including actors…and editors." He added: "I'm thinking this will (14) ____________________ of our industry."

Comprehension questions

What are Tyler Perry's two jobs?
How much was a planned movie studio extension going to cost?
What is the name of the website Tyler Perry spoke to?
What does Tyler Perry want that might protect people?
What has Tyler Perry done to his project?
What is the maximum length of Sora's videos?
What does the word sora mean in Japanese?
What did the New York Times say Sora had?
Who did Tyler Perry immediately start thinking of?
Which part of his industry did Mr Perry say AI would touch?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What are Tyler Perry's two jobs?
a) editor and stuntman
b) producer and actor
c) director and editor
d) journalist and writer
2) How much was a planned movie studio extension going to cost?
a) $200 million
b) $400 million
c) $600 million
d) $800 million
3) What is the name of the website Tyler Perry spoke to?
a) Reporting on Hollywood
b) Movie News
c) The Hollywood Reporter
d) The Movie Reporter
4) What does Tyler Perry want that might protect people?
a) regulations
b) more police officers
c) money
d) stronger passwords
5) What has Tyler Perry done to his project?
a) deleted it
b) put it on hold
c) made it bigger
d) sold it

6) What is the maximum length of Sora's videos?
a) one minute
b) two minutes
c) five minutes
d) 30 minutes
7) What does the word sora mean in Japanese?
a) tiger
b) movie
c) sky
d) win
8) What did the New York Times say Sora had?
a) limitless creative potential
b) a great interface
c) interesting videos
d) a long way to go
9) Who did Tyler Perry immediately start thinking of?
a) his family
b) the AI coders
c) actors
d) everyone in the industry
10) Which part of his industry did Mr Perry say AI would touch?
a) the main sets
b) the editing room
c) every corner
d) advertising

Role play

Role A – Film Makers
You think film makers are the people that AI cannot replace. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why AI could replace their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these for AI to replace (and why): teachers, lawyers or taxi drivers.

Role B – Teachers
You think teachers are the people that AI cannot replace. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why AI could replace their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these for AI to replace (and why): film makers, lawyers or taxi drivers.

Role C – Lawyers
You think lawyers are the people that AI cannot replace. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why AI could replace their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these for AI to replace (and why): teachers, film makers or taxi drivers.

Role D – Taxi Drivers
You think taxi drivers are the people that AI cannot replace. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why AI could replace their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these for AI to replace (and why): teachers, lawyers or film makers.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'Hollywood'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'actor'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

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• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

actor

now

see

sort

survive

hold

minute

photo

show

useful

immediately

corner

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.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Sora Text-to-Video

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'Hollywood'?
What do you think of Hollywood?
How might AI affect Hollywood?
What do you think of AI?
Do you think AI will change your life for the better?
What kinds of jobs are at risk because of AI?
Should governments regulate AI tools?
How has AI changed your life so far?
Do you think Tyler Perry should go ahead with his project?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'AI'?
What do you think about what you read?
What do you think of OpenAI's new tool Sora?
What would you like to use Sora for?
What can actors and movie makers do about AI?
How happy are you that AI is here?
Could AI take your job?
What three adjectives best describe this story?
What questions would you like to ask an AI developer?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

Hollywood producer and actor Tyler Perry is (1) ____ that AI will cause job losses in the movie industry. He gave a personal example of how this is happening now. He said he had plans for an $800 million studio (2) ____. He has delayed going ahead with this project. Instead, he is (3) ____ to see what happens with AI. He thinks AI will have a big impact (4) ____ jobs. He told "The Hollywood Reporter" website about his worries. He said: "There's got to be some (5) ____ of regulations in order to protect us [from AI]. If not, I just don't see how we survive." He said OpenAI's new text-to-video tool, Sora, made him delay his work on his studio. He said his project is, "on (6) ____ because of Sora and what I'm seeing."

Sora is a new tool that can generate videos (7) ____ to a minute long. All the user has to do is type a prompt, and the software will create a video. It can also create a video from a photo. Sora has been (8) ____ after the Japanese word for sky. The New York Times said this was to show the tool's "limitless creative (9) ____". Tyler Perry said he understood how useful AI will be in film-making. However, he worries about job (10) ____. He said: "It makes me worry so much about all of the people in the business. I immediately started thinking of everyone in the industry who would be (11) ____ by this, including actors…and editors." He added: "I'm thinking this will touch (12) ____ corner of our industry."

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) worries (b) worry (c) worried (d) worrier
(a) expansion (b) expand (c) expands (d) expanded
(a) waiting (b) waits (c) wait (d) waited
(a) on (b) at (c) by (d) in
(a) sorts (b) snort (c) short (d) sort
(a) grasp (b) clutch (c) handle (d) hold
(a) up (b) high (c) along (d) on
(a) chosen (b) identified (c) addressed (d) named
(a) potential (b) possible (c) perhaps (d) maybe
(a) loses (b) losses (c) lose (d) lost
(a) infected (b) affected (c) deflected (d) effected
(a) every (b) all (c) whole (d) entire

Spelling

Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

(...) and editors." He added: "I'm thinking this will touch every corner of our industry."
(...) Sora is a new tool that can generate videos up to a minute long. All the user has to do is type a prompt,
(...) survive." He said OpenAI's new text-to-video tool, Sora, made him delay his work on
(...) industry. He gave a personal example of how this is happening now. He said he had plans for an $800 million studio
(...) word for sky. The New York Times said this was to show the tool's "limitless creative potential". Tyler Perry said he understood
(...) his studio. He said his project is, "on hold because of Sora and what I'm seeing."
(..1..) Hollywood producer and actor Tyler Perry is worried that AI will cause job losses in the movie
(...) expansion. He has delayed going ahead with this project. Instead, he is waiting to see what
(...) happens with AI. He thinks AI will have a big impact on jobs. He told "The Hollywood Reporter" website about his
(...) worries. He said: "There's got to be some sort of regulations in order to protect us [from AI]. If not, I just don't see how we
(...) how useful AI will be in film-making. However, he worries about job losses. He said: "It makes me worry so
(...) much about all of the people in the business. I immediately started thinking of
(...) and the software will create a video. It can also create a video from a photo. Sora has been named after the Japanese
(...) everyone in the industry who would be affected by this, including actors…

Put the words in the right order

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personal this happening . how example of is A
ahead has delayed He this project . with going
just survive . don't how we I see
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can is Sora generate a that tool videos .
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potential . shows limitless This creative tool's the
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Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

Hollywood producer and actor Tyler Perry is worried / worries that AI will cause job losses in the movie industrial / industry. He gave a personal example of what / how this is happening now. He said he had plans for an $800 million studio expand / expansion. He has delayed going ahead with this project. Instead, he is waiting to see what happens without / with AI. He thinks AI will have a big impact in / on jobs. He told "The Hollywood Reporter" website about his / this worries. He said: "There's got to be some sort of regulations in / on order to protect us [from AI]. If not, I just don't see how we survive." He said OpenAI's new text-to-video tool, Sora, made him / his delay his work on his studio. He said his project is, "on hold because of Sora and what I'm seen / seeing."

Sora is a new tool that / what can generate videos up to a minute long. All the user has to do is type a prom / prompt, and the software will create a video. It can also create a video from a photo. Sora has been called / named after the Japanese word for sky. The New York Times said this was to slow / show the tool's "limitless creative potential". Tyler Perry said he understood how usefully / useful AI will be in film-making. However, he worries about job loses / losses. He said: "It makes me worry so / such much about all of the people in / on the business. I immediately started thinking of everyone in the industry who would be / have affected by this, including actors…and editors." He added: "I'm thinking this will touch all / every corner of our industry."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

hollywood producer and actor tyler perry is worried that ai will cause job losses in the movie industry he gave a personal example of how this is happening now he said he had plans for an 800 million studio expansion he has delayed going ahead with this project instead he is waiting to see what happens with ai he thinks ai will have a big impact on jobs he told the hollywood reporter website about his worries he said theres got to be some sort of regulations in order to protect us from ai if not i just dont see how we survive he said openais new texttovideo tool sora made him delay his work on his studio he said his project is on hold because of sora and what im seeing

sora is a new tool that can generate videos up to a minute long all the user has to do is type a prompt and the software will create a video it can also create a video from a photo sora has been named after the japanese word for sky the new york times said this was to show the tools limitless creative potential tyler perry said he understood how useful ai will be in filmmaking however he worries about job losses he said it makes me worry so much about all of the people in the business i immediately started thinking of everyone in the industry who would be affected by this including actorsand editors he added im thinking this will touch every corner of our industry

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

HollywoodproducerandactorTylerPerryisworriedthatAIwillcausejobl
ossesinthemovieindustry.Hegaveapersonalexampleofhowthisishap
peningnow.Hesaidhehadplansforan$800millionstudioexpansion.He
hasdelayedgoingaheadwiththisproject.Instead,heiswaitingtoseewh
athappenswithAI.HethinksAIwillhaveabigimpactonjobs.Hetold"The
HollywoodReporter"websiteabouthisworries.Hesaid:"There'sgottob
esomesortofregulationsinordertoprotectus[fromAI].Ifnot,Ijustdon't
seehowwesurvive."HesaidOpenAI'snewtext-to-videotool,Sora,mad
ehimdelayhisworkonhisstudio.Hesaidhisprojectis,"onholdbecauseo
fSoraandwhatI'mseeing."Soraisanewtoolthatcangeneratevideosup
toaminutelong.Alltheuserhastodoistypeaprompt,andthesoftwarewil
lcreateavideo.Itcanalsocreateavideofromaphoto.Sorahasbeennam
edaftertheJapanesewordforsky.TheNewYorkTimessaidthiswastosh
owthetool's"limitlesscreativepotential".TylerPerrysaidheunderstoo
dhowusefulAIwillbeinfilm-making.However,heworriesaboutjoblo
sses.Hesaid:"Itmakesmeworrysomuchaboutallofthepeopleinthebu
siness.Iimmediatelystartedthinkingofeveryoneintheindustrywhowo
uldbeaffectedbythis,includingactors…andeditors."Headded:"I'mthi
nkingthiswilltoucheverycornerofourindustry."

Free writing

Write about text-to-video software for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Academic writing

AI is too dangerous for humans. Discuss.

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Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. TEXT-TO-VIDEO SOFTWARE: Make a poster about text-to-video software. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. NO A.I.: Write a magazine article stopping AI from advancing any further. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on text-to-video software. Ask him/her three questions about text-to-video software. Give him/her three of your ideas. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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