Cartoon Brew’s Post

I have dabbled with AI. And I can tell you, the process is so uninspiring...it literally drains the life out of the creative process...and the artists that are operating the process lose interest, momentum and inspiration immediately. They become zombies with a week.

Perhaps endorsing technology that has literally stolen millions of pieces of art for the profit of a few tech bros was not a great idea.

Hey Amazon, I’ll happily take his place! Poor Jorgie. Someone succumbed to the trolls! I won’t because I am a troll, artist, technologist, and policy researcher. I care about humans and I’m also pissed off at the unbridled scraping of IP expressed works. Only I created a technical solution for the exact problem we are all mad about. And backed it with labor law because IP law is failing us. Semantic labor precedes IP.

I see sun shine in the horizon

I hate these comments about how there’s some “complex discussion” about AI and animation. There is no world where using ai is good for the individual artist in studio animation. It ONLY benefits the studio. Studios do not care about artists. they care about money. If they did, we wouldn’t need a union. If they did, story boarders would get residuals. The sole reason for this AI push is to save money. It will be used to further crunch deadlines, hire less artists per production and gain leverage in labor negotiations.

Bad day for the "adapt or die" crowd. It's in their interest to convince you there aren't other options, but of course there are.

I think if it was somehow possible to use generative art by ethical means to create this kind of stuff then that'd be worth looking into, but so far it seems like almost all "AI" especially the kinds used by big companies is: • Made with stolen scraped artwork and content • Trained on stolen data to copy artists' styles • Uses data centers that create insane amounts of pollution • Have output that looks terrible If there's some way to use "AI" that doesn't check these boxes, like being made with actual open source consented data, running models locally, not just stealing styles from people rather than paying them to work on it, and have output that doesn't look terrible....then maybe it'd be okay to use. But nobody's really working on apps to make it possible for all of that to be true.

I’ve known Jorge for nearly 30 years, and throughout that time he has consistently been someone who pushes creative boundaries. He began in experimental animation and has spent his career exploring new techniques, technologies, and ways of telling stories. Just as importantly, Jorge has created opportunities for countless artists. As an individual artist, he has hired, mentored, and supported more creatives than almost anyone I know; myself included. Animation is both an art form and a business, and he has long been a strong advocate for artists working within that reality. Whether we like it or not, AI is becoming part of the creative landscape. The question is not simply whether it exists, but how it is developed and used. That process will require experienced artists with strong ethical values and a deep understanding of the craft. People like Jorge are exactly the kind of voices that should be helping shape that future rather than being excluded from the conversation.

So sad to hear that, there are a lot of poor mind people on the internet... you should do what you love and if tech is making you explore new things, I don't know why you should pass... if all these people are hating others, put that effort into something probable they never pass on Amazon opportunity, and the funny part is just I see well conected americans workers cry when the scam starts on his home, and I dont see that efforts on save the others on that, but AI its a better topic I guess

Wow! I guess he realized he made a huge mistake.