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That's a very big if
In an ideal world maybe. In reality, I can only see it being used as a reason to pay animators even less or where animators become proof checkers. The real exploitation is animators not being paid enough, not the amount of time they put in. AI would not solve this.
Like? People that don't want to put in the effort to get good? Unless you're disabled, anyone can animate. It just takes a lot of effort to get good at it. But if anyone puts in that effort that means you're passionate about it and they're precisely the kind of you want in animation.
Not remotely the same imo. One is a new tool that doesn't try to replace the creator and allowed creatives to not need very expensive tools and space in order to do something creative. The other does try to replace the creator in nearly every aspect.
What a weird equivalence. How does supporting minorities equate to supporting more AI-gen? It implies they wouldn't get the job without AI, which is much more problematic.
I don't see how that's a good thing. Let's not milk existing IPs any more than we already do. It's just an opportunity for more slop.
The core issue here is companies not giving a shit. AI wouldn't change that. If WB, with all those resources, who could've continued TT any time they wanted, suddenly generated a new season of TT with AI, would you really be satisfied with that? If they didn't give a shit then, they won't give a shit now.
This would amount to nothing more than fan fiction though. Fans already have the means to do so without AI, and already do with fan comics, fan animation, fan games and fan novels. Sure not to the same scale, but that gap would remain. Having AI do it changes nothing here.
Who though? What minorities are you speaking of? Again, nearly everyone can animate, as long as you put in the effort to get good at it. The exception of course are disabled people, but something tells me companies still wouldn't hire them even with AI.
The scale wouldn't be the same though. Big productions will still have way more resources available than fans. The discrepancy would much more likely remain largely the same.
That's a bold claim.There's no guarantee of that at all.
And also an ethical issue.
Those aren't minorities. Drawing is, for the most part, a skill you can learn. If you don't want to put in the effort to learn to draw, then why would someone put time into watching what you prompted to an AI? Granted, the amount of effort is probably not the same for everyone, but the point still stands. Even the most talented ones put in hours of practice.
If you have a lot of ideas, there are tons of other roles you can fulfill in creative productions like scriptwriting, directing, producing and tons more. Animation productions don't just rely on people that can draw. If you want to help, help in the way you can with your own skills. That's more satisfying in the long run anyway. Why would you want a role that you didn't put effort into learning when there are people who did? That'd get boring pretty quickly.
In this hypothetical, why do you need to be on par with a big studio? What's the problem with starting small? What's the problem with asking amateur voice actors that aren't that expensive or might even do it for free? Many voice actors, animators etc get their start with small projects like that. Without those, they'll never even get the chance. AI generated projects only muddy the waters.
Things aren't perfect from the get-go and that's fine. That's kind of the point. You actually get to have a journey of growth. Maybe that won't give you instant gratification and you'll probably struggle along the way, but is that really a problem? Instant gratification will only last so long until you want more and more. Find out what you're good at and hone those skills. That's so much more satisfying.