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just a human talking to other humans like humans do. #ItWasAllADream

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Saw this movie at the drive in. I was five. 🤟🏽

[Heavy Metal @HeavyMetalInk]

Retweet this if you think non Heavy Metal fans should watch the cult classic 1981 Heavy Metal movie this weekend. 🔥

[Lachlan Phillips exo/acc 👾 @bitcloud]

My first storyboarding gigs I was asked to make collages from Google image search and trace them.

We had to produce dozens per day in order to sell cola, shoes and icecream.

You're free to imagine this is art if you want.

[Lachlan Phillips exo/acc 👾 @bitcloud]

I'm a traditional artist and film industry professional who now also builds AI tools for the film industry, so I think I have some unique perspective to offer here.

Every single person I consult with points out that AI is useful to them in the domains that support them, but will certainly never be able to operate in their specific role.

What this means is that Directors will use AI for research, for concepts, boards etc, but AI will never direct.

Storyboard artists will see the benefits of using AI to create their films, because 'storyboarding is the real craft', and directing is just putting it on camera.

Researchers will use AI to collate the data into a digestable form, but AI will never research.

Writers will use AI to do research, but AI will never write.

Each the master of their domain, supported by any technology that can aid them in THEIR vision. It's the goal, and the agency that is retained, not the interplay between roles.

Everything else is a supporting act that can "obviously" be automated or streamlined.

Behind the scenes, of course, to support this you must build general intelligence that can handle - to some reasonable degree - the entire pipeline end to end. It's only from this place that each individual can insert themselves back in to conduct the orchestra in their own unique way.

It's my personal opinion that AI is a collaborative medium first and foremost, and that you want to bring your collaborators into your latent space to maximise the human surface area. Like so many people holding up a canopy.

But it's still fascinating to me that everyone's perception of the "irreplaceable human spirit" generally begins and ends at their own passions.

So yes, of course AI "may be useful" for VFX because VFX isn't this director's domain.

And he will gladly accept the title of "defender of humanity" while acknowledging that SOME roles (certainly not his) may be usefully augmented by AI.

Rest assured that everyone feels the same. The only honest anti-AI position here is that you will use AI where it elevates you, and reject it where it usurps you.

An arguably more objective position is that AI allows people the option to choose to collaborate with any number of people from any set of diverse skills, knowing that you can still ship an outcome from that specific configuration of talent and budget.

And that of course you will honour your creative collaborators and use the technology only where it helps bridge the gap between collaborators, and between the human experience of the creator and of the audience.

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

I can’t believe we’re ever talking about this in 2026.

Shut up and drive!!!

Grab the wheel creator!

[HuwJ @HuwJ_Turdartist]

@DougTenNapel Iv been a storyboard Artist / Director/ animator/Comic artist /SFX Artist/ Games Artist & a lot more
@DougTenNapel Is 100% spot on. I’d say to anyone in the industry who is afraid of AI What I said when similar stuff was said of Adobe
Learn to drive the car or get run over.

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

The future

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Or he owns all of his creations outright and lives a happy life.

[Lachlan Phillips exo/acc 👾 @bitcloud]

Alternative history: Young Scorcese decides to go all in on storyboarding, defending the sanctity of the artform against all budgetary pressures from the studios and practical concerns.

In the year 2026, he is on Twitter, fighting against AI to his 12 followers.

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Hero Fight League is sick. What a great idea and I can’t wait to see where this goes.

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Do it….

[Jayson✊🏿Smiley @jayson_smiley]

A.I.: has anyone said this? Probably. I just haven’t seen it.

I have scripts A-Listers have said “bro, it’s fuckin rad… but I can’t do it… because… you know… studios n’ shit.” Repped 6 places you’ve heard of. Etc.

If those scripts are “vetted” but I can’t get anyone to make them because they’re “dangerous.”

If I use AI to make the scripts I fucking wrote, then prompted stupid ass AI to INTERPRET them to exactly my VISION.

Considering I’ve already been told “dude, I’d make this if I could, but I can’t.”

Then I throw THAT online as a “proof of concept.” AND I say “you clowns wanna make this for real, call me or my rep.”

That’s how I see AI as a useful tool. Of course I’d rather have real actors etc.

I’d have a real score btw. Not needle drop bullshit NOR lazy temp score. (Alotta you REAL directors do that. Shame shame. Bro… lame. Ripoff of other films, dawg.)

CONCLUSION: What’s wrong with that? I’d rather not release that. But if it’s my ONLY option…?

Sorry snobs. Imma do it.

“AI stole your shit, idiot.” Who cares, it didn’t steal my nexts shit.

[robliefeld @robertliefeld]

Here is the last time all the Image Founders/Partners gathered together in 2017. Each one of the LEGENDS on this couch created a cover for YOUNGBLOOD #100. That’s the same face I’m making right now - I can’t believe it. IN STORES JUNE 10th!

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Screenwriters listen up

[Hollywood Gadfly @Hwdgfly]

A few observations on the new crop of @sundanceorg screenwriters lab alums:

1. The only white guy went to NYU and is codirecting with a woman. 5 of the fellows went to NYU, a film school that now costs over $100k tuition. 30% went to Columbia, USC or NYU.

2. Obsession, whose director skipped all these discriminatory talent labs and made youtube shorts, probably outperformed the last 15 years of Sundance labs films combined at the box office.

3. Out of the 24 fellows, one white male was selected, even though they are likely ~65% of submissions. This means that a non white male applicant has something like 43 times higher odds of being accepted.

4. If this is hollywood's talent pipeline, and you are not a diverse applicant, you should stop applying, and put your time and money into something that actually advances your career, like another movie or a publicist.

5. These institutions should be honest about who they're taking, and stop accepting money from nondiverse applicants if they're not going to accept them.

6. Nondiverse applicants should stop funding their own exclusion.

https://t.co/am4aphOCzY

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Abacus Workers Unite

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Tell me, Futurists, where do you envision this going in 20 years and what steps can we take now to begin the journey?

[Bilawal Sidhu @bilawalsidhu]

We treat 3d scanning like a tech demo, but it’s actually spatial memory capture. Damn near teleportation.

A few hundred photos of my parent’s old home, and now it’s immortalized forever.

3d gaussian splat made w/ reality capture + litchfeld.

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Best take yet

[BLVCKL!GHT @BLVCKLIGHTai]

https://t.co/WmpxZ0cmx4

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

@DrawDesignStar What is this?! I love it

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

Animators are claiming victory over AI and feeling smug today… this will be an interesting node in the future discussions about animation.

[Jorge R. Gutierrez @mexopolis]

I have decided to drop out of the AI program at Amazon. I will not be making a Punky Duck series. Actions speak louder than words.

My intent was to showcase artists, both new and seasoned, both inside and outside the studios, driving this new tech.

My sincerest apology to those I upset. I promise to do better moving forward. Thank you for your patience with me. I will try harder.

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

They don’t really care about us

[Alex Utopia @alexutopia]

Saying the quiet part out loud.

After an online hate mob bullied
Jorge R. Gutierrez out of using AI,
voice actor Billy West chimes in
and tells us the real reason:

The collapse of the barrier to entry
is not acceptable.

Only established artists
are allowed to create.

[Luce @lucyshow11]

Good times! Love this song also! “Pour Some Sugar on Me”🎶🏍️🕺🔥

[Minh Do @minhsmind]

So what happened here? The Anti-AI crowd was so loud that Jorge decided to drop out? I’m very curious how this will be viewed in exactly 365 days.

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

@GODFOE_UNIVERSE What are you currently buying to support your opinion?

[Alex Carl @Alexgr8white]

@Jamie_Nash

[T⭕️DD IRELAND @ToddIreland]

See a cover that grabs your attention? Start there.

[luca :) @bigbluehero]

i want to read x men but where the hell do i even start