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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_j1nc3ex wrote

Reply to comment by strvgglecity in AI will make Artists (especially animators) independent from their employers. by [deleted]

Yep.

South Park went back and had AI change all their early episodes to wide screen, and it did an amazing job.

But it just means less animators.

Hell, you could have it randomly generated characters in a specific style, then either pick or let the AI choose based on what's popular.

Eventually AI will just be making shows completely on its own. Zero input from a person and can crank out a new one everyday.

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Mattdonlan1 t1_j1nel36 wrote

Unfortunately, it’s going to lead to an echo chamber of ideas. AI, so far, just recreates combinations of existing ideas and styles. We’re already in an age of no new (or very few new) ideas. With so much formulaic media, we can only assume that AI will just keep churning out the same old stuff every time. AI art is already showing this to be true. It already has a “look” that is recognizable.

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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_j1nfq4l wrote

You're forgetting how fast it could make them.

Churn out 10 episodes, throw it in your streaming site. If people dont like it, stop making it. If it takes people 3 years to like it, roll out season 2.

It would be the "shotgun approach". Throw out 20 shows and see what works.

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[deleted] OP t1_j1ncdt1 wrote

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JayGotcha t1_j1ncr4a wrote

That doesn’t make any sense. Why would a studio hire a 3rd party when they can do it all in house?

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jellicle t1_j1nd9uc wrote

Can you also put it on TV and get the revenue for it yourself?

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[deleted] OP t1_j1ne1er wrote

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Gumbyizzle t1_j1nee2m wrote

More likely scenario based on this justification would be Google using AI to create more YT content that they own so they don’t have to deal with creators as much.

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TheConboy22 t1_j1nerbc wrote

Using AI that was taught how to do it by using other peoples content. Since no new actual content is being created and a program is basically just rehashing their stuff. This should be plagiarism. Going to be a very interesting few years.

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MannItUp t1_j1nfk1u wrote

It's going to saturate the market with tons of videos of AI produced animations that will make finding actual quality stuff difficult and breaking through as an emerging artist nearly impossible. Video game streaming is a prime example of this.

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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_j1ncsqd wrote

Why would providers pay for that instead of doing it themselves? The AI would already be scouring the internet to see what it should make. If anything gains traction it would just make its own.

And why do you think the AI will be cheap enough that any random person can use it?

If it's available for "free" it's because they need people to train it.

I'm starting to think you have no idea what you're talking about

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strvgglecity t1_j1nfkcg wrote

Sure they can! It's possible it would make animation more accessible. That does not mean it would allow more people to earn a living creating animated content, or earn more money. More content simply devalues the content. Also, how many people (artists, animators) can afford to spend the time to develop a fully finished product without any pre-arranged distribution or guaranteed value?

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unfalln t1_j1nf4nl wrote

I can see where you're going with this. The argument most people have is that AI will reduce the need for humans but they fail to consider the possibility that instead it might instead simply increase the output of humans.

So far, in my line of work as a Web programmer, AI already plays a role in allowing me to create more code in less time. In practice this makes me feel more productive rather than redundant.

When applied to animation, I imagine this will allow both the amateur to produce more (the memes will get better) and the production capacity of professionals will increase (more TV, movies, etc). Extrapolating that, I fear for the writing room because they're going to have one hell of a job making sure the machine produces anything more valuable than complete nonsense :p

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