jaredwhite

disney can generate everything between the first and last frame of a scene

Huh? Why would anyone want to watch that? I think the jury is certainly out that any significant TV show/film generated by slop machines is in any way appealing to a significant audience.

the indie animation scene that could come about with Gen AI

You’re going to have to unpack that because I have no idea what you’re talking about.

looks at self in mirror and cries

AI generated anything relies on training data based on the real thing, so there’s no way to use a generator to “ethically” produce images of something unethical because it’s based on the unethical imagery. There’s no pathway out of the original abuse.

This is actually a really good point. Culture paved the way for the sheen of hyper “detailed” AI art (many of the details fall apart on close scrutiny, but I digress) by making it seem like “amateur” art is bad while “professional” art is good. So that means if a tool comes along that supposedly makes it so you can sidestep sweating over your amateur art and go straight to pumping out the professional-looking stuff, that’s a win. It’s good to question this assumption.