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Now go watch "Kono Express". Disney laid off an animator from the Star Wars factory, and he's cranking out stuff about as good as Disney Animation all by himself. With Unreal Engine and AI tools, of course.

It's been a long time since there was an ink and paint department.

TomGarden | parent | next
I opened this with an open mind, but it felt dead and AI immediately to me. Neural Viz, however, had succeeded in making things I find watchable all by himself[0] by working around some of the current weaknesses and by having stellar human writing. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems he got burnt out from doing it all alone so it's been a while since the last upload. The Remo Green one is my favorite[1].

[0]https://www.wired.com/story/the-future-of-ai-media-parody-of...

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYA2Rv2CQ8

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shooly | parent
> he's cranking out stuff about as good as Disney Animation all by himself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikm5lP0zsi0

Yeah... no. Not at all. It's just classic AI slop.

monk_grilla | root | parent | next
The fact that someone can honestly say this is anywhere near the level of any professional animation is truly baffling.

Just the first two shots alone are full of horrible, stilted and morphing animation, no consistency between shots, no particular art style at all.

This is not a creative work or art in any form I recognise.

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echelon | root | parent
> classic AI slop

A lot of AI content is better than human slop.

Gossip Goblin is fantastic.

Some people are making absolute banger content with AI. It's all in who's at the helm and what their storytelling capabilities and taste/aesthetics are.

userbinator | root | parent | next
I think another important point that AI is revealing is how diverse the population's preferences are. Legacy entertainment is nowhere as precisely tailored, because it tries to appeal to a wide audience.

Personally, all the Harry Potter AI shorts recently have been rather amusing, although they also vary significantly in detail and wit.

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fallingbananna | root | parent | next
>A lot of AI content is better than human slop.

Whether it's better is personal preference. And many find it so bad/soulless it makes anything around it impossible to enjoy.

Feels like going from artisanal sourdough bread to factory-made wonderbread. Sure it's "cleaner" looking... but that doesn't make it immediately better.

mrheosuper | root | parent
>A lot of AI content is better than human slop.

No, even one of the human worst human slop is still more enjoyable than whatever polished AI slop. In China the Niu Lai Film is way more successful than many AI slop.

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