/ to AI or not to AI
Jorge Vidal
Let´s give this talk to the Masters.
Here we can find some links to discussions regarding the AI impact, focus on artists and vfx.
I will keep updating this section as this discussion looks hot and long.
(updated Nov 2025)
1988
1988
Short Isaac Asimov interview regarding internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIUo51qXuPQ
2015
2015 (September)
BBC publish this curious comparative:
Will a robot take your job?
Maybe it needs to be revised on 2024 due to circunstances.
2022
2023
2023 (January)
Sam Hamper point of view.
2023 (May)
It is not about art, it is about everything.
New York Times article about.
The CBS interviews Geoffrey Hinton.
2023 (Aug)
Can AI read your brain?
Center for Humane Technology Co-Founders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin discuss The AI Dilemma .
2023 (Aug)
Boc Chiu create Schoolism, best animation-art online school I know. On his new channel he starts around AI topic and 2023 Strike.
AI vs Anti-AI Artists.
2023 (Nov)
AI talk about sustainability and copyright.
2024
2024 (January)
Famous artists whose work was used to train AI generator. A 4,700-person list.
Storyboard and AI
2024 (February)
CVL Economics report co-commissioned by The Animation Guild IATSE Local 839, the Concept Art Association, the Human Artistry Campaign, and the National Cartoonists Society Foundation.
The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Entertainment Industry Jobs.
Sora is coming…
2024 (February 22nd)
Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora: “Jobs Are Going to Be Lost”.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tyler-perry-ai-alarm-1235833276/
“I no longer would have to travel to locations. If I wanted to be in the snow in Colorado, it’s text. If I wanted to write a scene on the moon, it’s text, and this AI can generate it like nothing”
2024 (May 31st)
Focus in animation, this tool focus on animation interpolation looks terrible groundbreaking. Looks accurate inbetweens, a dream and a joke ten years ago.
2024 (May 15th)
On the other hand, this is the “9 Story” and “Brown Bag Films” Global Guidelines for Generative AI Use in Animated Television Development and Productions shared below, which try to relax the AI storm regarding animation jobs:
2024 (Sept 28th)
2024 (Oct 25th)
James Cameron talks that AI is not goona kill us, but why is so serious then ?
2024 (Oct 24th)
Memorandum on Advancing the United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.
2024 (Oct 29th)
Robert downey jr will sue who make ai replicas of him.
2024
Disruptive AI regarding Music Industy.
Very interesting point of view from:
https://www.youtube.com/@MusicRadarClan channel.
2025
2025 What Is Nightshade?
I´ve discover this tool very late, but it deserves an appreciation.
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
2025 Chat GPT animation/comi style
Animation styles in Chat GPT has become awsome depressing.
I think this is the end of so many artists that will never take a pencil again in his life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/style/ai-chatgpt-studio-ghibli.html
2025 (May 27th) The age of AI layoffs is already here
https://qz.com/ai-layoffs-jobs-microsoft-walmart-tech-workers-1851782194
“It feels like you’re basically defunct — that you’re being replaced by something better than you in a way that you can’t achieve”
2025 (May 30th) CNN
Anthropic Ceo warning about mass unemployment.
2025 (Jun 19th) POCOYO’S DEAD (or new reborn)
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/iconic-childrens-show-pocoyo-has-a-new-owner-and-a-new-ai-powered-production-pipeline-246382.html
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/ai-animation-startup-animaj-raises-85-million-in-new-funding-round-247950.html
“Even if they own the IP, I doubt the artists who worked on this the last 20 years are happy to see their work being used to train ai which can replace them.”
2025 (Aug 01st) Scott Ross resume about VFX and AI
Scott was ILM transitioner from analogic to digital as general manager and founder of Digital Domain.
On this specch he shares his opinion about AI, worth listening carefully.
“I believe that one has to be careful about your workforce and I think the workforce will be decimated”
2025 (Aug 20th) NETFLIX RULES REGARDING AI IN CONTENT PRODUCTION
Fast review on Annecy Festival 2025