Colin Sheridan: Why do we need to create fake worlds?

Nothing about AI tool Sora, which can generate highly realistic 60-second videos, leads me to believe we will be better for its existence

An image generated by AI tool Sora shows how the programme can be used to create fantastical  images, but also construct life-like pictures of events and circumstances that may not have happened.

It's almost 20 years to the week since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was released in cinemas. 

In it, Jim Carrey's character discovers that his estranged girlfriend, Clementine (played by Kate Winslet), has undergone a procedure to have her memories of him erased by a New York City firm, Lacuna.